Job 5
1 But call, if any one will hearken to thee, or if thou shalt see any of the holy angels.
Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
2 For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
3 And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.
I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
5 For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.
6 For labour cannot by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:
For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 yet man is born to labour, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places.
For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
8 Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;
But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;
9 who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:
Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
10 who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:
Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
11 who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:
Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.
12 frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
13 who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
14 In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.
15 and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.
And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.
So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
17 But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
18 for he causes [a man] to be in pain, and restores [him] again: he smites, and his hands heal.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 Six time he shall deliver thee out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch thee.
He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in war he shall free thee from the power of the sword.
In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
21 He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils.
Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and thou shalt not be afraid of wild beasts.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
23 For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 Then shalt thou know that thy house shall be at peace, and the provision for thy tabernacle shall not fail.
And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.
25 And thou shalt know that thy seed [shall be] abundant; and thy children shall be like the herbage of the field.
And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
26 And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time.
Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.
27 Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do thou reflect with thyself, if thou hast done anything [wrong].
Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.
