6. For not from dust does mischief come,nor from the soil does trouble sprout.
7. Human beings beget mischiefas sparks fly upward.
8. In your place, I would appeal to God,and to God I would state my plea.
9. He does things great and unsearchable,things marvelous and innumerable.
10. He gives rain upon the earthand sends water upon the fields;
11. He sets up the lowly on high,and those who mourn are raised to safety.
12. He frustrates the plans of the cunning,so that their hands achieve no success;