27 when terror strikes you like (A)a storm
    and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
    when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 (B)Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
    they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
29 Because they (C)hated knowledge
    and (D)did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 (E)would have none of my counsel
    and (F)despised all my reproof,
31 therefore they shall eat (G)the fruit of their way,
    and have (H)their fill of their own devices.
32 For the simple are killed by (I)their turning away,
    and (J)the complacency of fools destroys them;

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27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
    when disaster(A) sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
    when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer;(B)
    they will look for me but will not find me,(C)
29 since they hated knowledge
    and did not choose to fear the Lord.(D)
30 Since they would not accept my advice
    and spurned my rebuke,(E)
31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
    and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.(F)
32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
    and the complacency of fools will destroy them;(G)

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