Job 5
1 Give now a cry for help; is there anyone who will give you an answer? and to which of the holy ones will you make your prayer?
Call now if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.
2 For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.
Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.
I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.
4 Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.
His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.
5 Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.
Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.
6 For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;
Nothing upon earth is done without a voice cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground.
7 But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire.
Man is born to labour and the bird to fly.
8 But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:
Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:
9 Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:
Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:
10 Who gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields:
Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:
11 Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;
Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.
12 Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.
Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:
13 He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.
Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:
14 In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.
They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15 But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.
But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
16 So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.
And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.
17 Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.
Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord:
18 For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.
For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.
19 He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.
In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.
20 When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in battle, from the hand of the sword.
21 He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.
Thou shalt he hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.
22 You will make sport of destruction and need, and will have no fear of the beasts of the earth.
In destruction and famine then shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 For you will be in agreement with the stones of the earth, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at pence with thee.
24 And you will be certain that your tent is at peace, and after looking over your property you will see that nothing is gone.
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty thou shalt not sin.
25 You will be certain that your seed will be great, and your offspring like the plants of the earth.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.
26 You will come to your last resting-place in full strength, as the grain is taken up to the crushing-floor in its time.
Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.
27 See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.
Behold, this is even so, as we have searched out: which thou having heard, consider it thoroughly in thy mind.
