2 Resentment kills a fool,and envy slays the simple.
3 I myself have seen a fool taking root,but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 His children are far from safety,crushed in court without a defender.
5 The hungry consume his harvest,taking it even from among thorns,and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 For hardship does not spring from the soil,nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
7 Yet man is born to troubleas surely as sparks fly upwards.
8 ‘But if I were you, I would appeal to God;I would lay my cause before him.