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Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
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1I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
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His children are 2far from safety; they are crushed in 3the gate, and there is no one to deliver them.
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The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns,a and the thirsty pantb after hisc wealth.
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For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
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but man is 4born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.
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"As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause,
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he gives 8rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields;
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he 9sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
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He 10frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
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He 11catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
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They meet with darkness in the daytime and 12grope at noonday as in the night.
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But he 13saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty.
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So the poor have hope, and 14injustice shuts her mouth.
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"Behold, 15blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore 16despise not the discipline of the 17Almighty.
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22In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
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You shall be 23hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
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At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear 24the beasts of the earth.
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
Jó 5:2
Pois a dor destrói o louco, e a inveja mata o tolo.
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