Job 5
1 But call, if any one will listen to you, or if you shall see any of the holy angels.
Call out now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.
For anger kills the foolish man; jealousy kills the silly one.
3 And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.
I have seen a foolish person taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.
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; they are crushed in the city gate. There is no one to rescue them.
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.
The hungry eat up their harvest; they even take it from among the thorns. The thirsty pant for their wealth.
6 For labour can’t by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:
For difficulties do not come out from the soil; neither does trouble sprout from the ground.
7 yet man is born to labour, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places.
Instead, mankind is born for trouble, just as sparks fly upward.
8 Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;
But as for me, I would turn to God himself; to him I would commit my cause—
9 who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:
he who does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number.
10 who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:
He gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields.
11 who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:
He does this in order to set up on high those who are low; to raise to safety those who mourn.
12 frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:
He breaks the plans of the crafty people, so that their hands cannot achieve success.
13 who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty
He traps wise people in their own crafty actions; the plans of twisted people are hurried to their end.
14 In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:
They encounter darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as if it were night.
15 and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.
But he saves the poor person from the sword in their mouths and the needy person from the hand of mighty people.
16 And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.
So the poor person has hope, and injustice shuts her own mouth.
17 But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not you the chastening of the Almighty.
See, blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not despise 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 wounds and then binds up; he wounds and then his hands heal.
19 Six time he shall deliver you out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch you.
He will rescue you out of six troubles; indeed, in seven troubles, no evil will touch you.
20 In famine he shall deliver you from death: and in war he shall free you from the power of the sword.
In famine he will ransom you from death, and in war from the hands of the sword.
21 He shall hide you from the scourge of the tongue: and you shall not be afraid of coming evils.
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 You shall laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and you shall not be afraid of wild beasts.
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and you will not be afraid of beasts of the earth.
23 For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
For you will have a covenant with the stones in your field, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
24 Then shall you know that your house shall be at peace, and the provision for your tabernacle shall not fail.
You will know that your tent is in safety; you will visit your sheepfold and you will not miss anything.
25 And you shall know that your seed [shall be] abundant; and your children shall be like the herbage of the field.
You will also know that your seed will be great, that your offspring will be like the grass on the ground.
26 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.
You will come to your grave at a full age, like a stack of grain bundles that goes up at its time.
27 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].
See, we have examined this matter; it is like this; listen to it, and know it for yourself.”
