Job 5
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1"Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? 1“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one. 2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence. 3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them. 4His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty swallow up their fortune. 5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground, 6For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward. 7Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8"But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case. 8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
9He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number; 9the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10he gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields; 10He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
11he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety. 11He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
12He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned! 12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
13He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end. 13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night. 14They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
15So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful. 15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
16Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth. 16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17"Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal. 18For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
19He will deliver you from six calamities; yes, in seven no evil will touch you. 19He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
20In time of famine he will redeem you from death, and in time of war from the power of the sword. 20In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21You will be protected from malicious gossip, and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes. 21You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
22You will laugh at destruction and famine and need not be afraid of the beasts of the earth. 22You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
23For you will have a pact with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you. 23For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24And you will know that your home will be secure, and when you inspect your domains, you will not be missing anything. 24You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
25You will also know that your children will be numerous, and your descendants like the grass of the earth. 25You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season. 26You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
27Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good." 27Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
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