¹⁷ Behold, happy is the one whom God corrects,
    so do not despise the discipline of Shaddai.
¹⁸ For He inflicts pain, but He also binds up;
He injures, yet His hands also heal.
¹⁹ From six calamities He will deliver you,
    even in seven, no harm will touch you.
²⁰ In famine, He will redeem you from death,
    and in war, from the power of the sword.
²¹ You will be hidden from the lash of the tongue,
    and not fear when violence comes.
²² You will laugh at violence and famine,
    and will not fear the beasts of the earth.
²³ For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
    and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
²⁴ You will know shalom in your tent,
    and you will take stock of your home
    and find nothing missing.

²⁵ “You will know that
    your descendants will be numerous
    your offspring like the grass of the earth.
²⁶ You will come to the grave in vigor,
    like sheaves of grain in its season.
²⁷ Behold, we have investigated this—it is true.
Hear it, and apply it to yourself!”