12 He frustrates the schemes of the crafty,so that their hands cannot perform their plans.
13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness,and the scheme of the shrewd is swiftly stopped.
14 In the daytime they encounter darkness,and at noontime they grope as in the night.
15 But the needy He saves from the sword,from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the helpless has hope,and injustice shuts her mouth.
17 “How happy is the man whom God corrects!Therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty,
18 for He wounds, but He applies the bandage;He injures, but His hands also heal.