4 Your words helped those who had fallen down. You made shaky knees strong.
5 Now trouble comes to you. And you are unhappy about it. It strikes you down. And you are afraid.
6 Shouldn't you worship God and trust in him? Shouldn't your honest life give you hope?
7 "Here's something to think about. Have blameless people ever been wiped out? Have honest people ever been completely destroyed?
8 Here's what I've observed. People gather a crop from what they plant. If they plant evil and trouble, that's what they will harvest.
9 The breath of God destroys them. The blast of his anger wipes them out.
10 Powerful lions might roar and growl. But their teeth are broken.