Job 5
1 “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
But call, if any one will listen to you, or if you shall see any of the holy angels.
2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.
3 I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.
4 His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.
5 The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.
6 For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
For labour can’t by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:
7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
yet man is born to labour, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places.
8 However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;
9 the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:
10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:
11 He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:
12 He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:
13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty
14 They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:
15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.
17 Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not you the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
for he causes [a man] to be in pain, and restores [him] again: he smites, and his hands heal.
19 He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
Six time he shall deliver you out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch you.
20 In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
In famine he shall deliver you from death: and in war he shall free you from the power of the sword.
21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
He shall hide you from the scourge of the tongue: and you shall not be afraid of coming evils.
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
You shall laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and you shall not be afraid of wild beasts.
23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
Then shall you know that your house shall be at peace, and the provision for your tabernacle shall not fail.
25 You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
And you shall know that your seed [shall be] abundant; and your children shall be like the herbage of the field.
26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
And you shall come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time.
27 Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do you reflect with yourself, if you have done anything [wrong].
