The Blessings of Divine Discipline

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“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

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For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.

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He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.

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In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.

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You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

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At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.

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For you shall be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.

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You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.

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You shall know also that your seed shall be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth.

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You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

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Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good.”