The Blessings of Divine Discipline

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Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

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For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.

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In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.

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In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.

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When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.

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At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.

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(For with sons of the field is thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)

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And thou hast known that thy tent is peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,

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And hast known that numerous is Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;

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Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.

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Lo, this--we searched it out--it is right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!