1 “Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you?To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For wrath kills the foolish person,and anger slays the silly one.
3 I myself have seen the fool taking root,but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.
4 His children are far from safety,and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered,nor is there anyone to deliver them.
5 The hungry eat up his harvest,and take it even from behind the thorns,and the thirsty swallow up their fortune.
6 For evil does not come up from the dust,nor does trouble spring up from the ground,
7 but people are born to trouble,as surely as the sparks fly upward.