Add parallel Print Page Options

Hard times do not come up from the ground.
    And trouble does not grow from the earth.
But man is born to have trouble
    as surely as sparks fly upward.

“But if I were you, I would call on God.
    I would bring my problem before him.

Read full chapter

For hardship does not spring from the soil,
    nor does trouble sprout from the ground.(A)
Yet man is born to trouble(B)
    as surely as sparks fly upward.

“But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
    I would lay my cause before him.(C)

Read full chapter