¹⁶ “Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress,
^(A)Into a broad place where there is no restraint;
And ^(B)what is set on your table would be full of ^(C)richness.

¹³ “If you would ^(A)prepare your heart,
And ^(B)stretch out your hands toward Him;
¹⁴ If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away,
And ^(C)would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
^15 (D)Then surely you could lift up your face without spot;
Yes, you could be steadfast, and not fear;
¹⁶ Because you would ^(E)forget your misery,
And remember it as waters that have passed away,
¹⁷ And your life ^(F)would be brighter than noonday.
Though you were dark, you would be like the morning.
¹⁸ And you would be secure, because there is hope;
Yes, you would dig around you, and ^(G)take your rest in safety.
¹⁹ You would also lie down, and no one would make you afraid;
Yes, many would court your favor.

⁸ “But as for me, I would seek God,
And to God I would commit my cause—
⁹ Who does great things, and unsearchable,
Marvelous things without number.
^10 (A)He gives rain on the earth,
And sends waters on the fields.
^11 (B)He sets on high those who are lowly,
And those who mourn are lifted to safety.
^12 (C)He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot carry out their plans.
¹³ He catches the ^(D)wise in their own craftiness,
And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.
¹⁴ They meet with darkness in the daytime,
And grope at noontime as in the night.
¹⁵ But ^(E)He saves the needy from the sword,
From the mouth of the mighty,
And from their hand.
^16 (F)So the poor have hope,
And injustice shuts her mouth.

¹⁷ “Behold,^(G) happy is the man whom God corrects;
Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
^18 (H)For He bruises, but He binds up;
He wounds, but His hands make whole.
^19 (I)He shall deliver you in six troubles,
Yes, in seven ^(J)no evil shall touch you.
^20 (K)In famine He shall redeem you from death,
And in war from the ^[a]power of the sword.
^21 (L)You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
And you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes.
²² You shall laugh at destruction and famine,
And ^(M)you shall not be afraid of the ^(N)beasts of the earth.
^23 (O)For you shall have a covenant with the stones of the field,
And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
²⁴ You shall know that your tent is in peace;
You shall visit your dwelling and find nothing amiss.
²⁵ You shall also know that ^(P)your descendants shall be many,
And your offspring ^(Q)like the grass of the earth.
^26 (R)You shall come to the grave at a full age,
As a sheaf of grain ripens in its season.