12He frustrateth the devices of the crafty,

So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness;

And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

14They meet with darkness in the day-time,

And grope at noonday as in the night.

15But he saveth from the sword of their mouth,

Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

16So the poor hath hope,

And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth:

Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up;

He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

19He will deliver thee in six troubles;

Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

20In famine he will redeem thee from death;

And in war from the power of the sword.

21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue;

Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.