The Blessings of Divine Discipline

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Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

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For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

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He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

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In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.

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Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

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At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

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For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

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And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.

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Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

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Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.

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Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.