Job 5
1 “Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
Call now, see if any will answer thee! And to which of the holy ones wilt thou look?
2 For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
Verily grief destroyeth the fool, And wrath consumeth the weak man.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
I have seen an impious man taking root, But soon I cursed his habitation.
4 His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
His children are far from safety; They are oppressed at the gate, and there is none to deliver them.
5 whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.
His harvest the hungry devour, Carrying it even through the thorns; And a snare gapeth after his substance.
6 For affliction does not come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
For affliction cometh not from the dust, Nor doth trouble spring up from the ground;
7 but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Behold, man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
8 “But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
I would look to God, And to God would I commit my cause,
9 who does great things that cannot be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
Who doeth great things and unsearchable; Yea, marvellous things without number;
10 who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth water upon the fields;
11 so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
Who placeth the lowly in high places, And restoreth the afflicted to prosperity;
12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Who disappointeth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprises;
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
Who taketh the wise in their own craftiness, And bringeth to nought the counsel of the artful.
14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
They meet with darkness in the daytime; They grope at noon as if it were night.
15 But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth; The oppressed from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 “Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
For he bruiseth, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
In six troubles will he deliver thee; Yea, in seven shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
In famine he will redeem thee from death, And in war from the power of the sword.
21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
Thou shalt be safe from the scourge of the tongue, And shalt not be afraid of destruction, when it cometh.
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, And of the wild beasts of the land shalt thou not be afraid.
23 For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; Yea, the beasts of the forest shall be at peace with thee.
24 You will know that your tent is in peace. You will visit your fold, and will miss nothing.
Thou shalt find that thy tent is in peace; Thou shalt visit thy dwelling, and not be disappointed.
25 You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.
Thou shalt see thy descendants numerous, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in full age, As a shock of corn gathered in its season.
27 Behold, we have researched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”
Lo! this we have searched out; so it is: Hear it, and lay it up in thy mind!
