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People who are at ease mock those in trouble.
    They give a push to people who are stumbling.
But robbers are left in peace,
    and those who provoke God live in safety—
    though God keeps them in his power.[a]

“Just ask the animals, and they will teach you.
    Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:6 Or safety—those who try to manipulate God. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

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