4 When someone stumbled, you lifted him up with your words.When knees were weak, you gave them strength.
5 But trouble comes to you, and you’re impatient.It touches you, and you panic.
6 Doesn’t your fear of God give you confidenceand your lifetime of integrity give you hope?
7 “Now think about this:Which innocent person ⌊ever⌋ died ⌊an untimely death⌋?Find me a decent person who has been destroyed.
8 Whenever I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery,they gathered its harvest.
9 God destroys them with his breathand kills them with a blast of his anger.
10 Though the roar of the lionand the growl of the ferocious lion ⌊is loud⌋,the young lions have had their teeth knocked out.