Job 5
1 Therefore call, if there are any who will respond to you, and turn to one or another of the saints.
Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
2 Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
3 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I have cursed his excellence without hesitation.
I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 His sons will be far from prosperity and will be crushed at the gate, and there will be none who can rescue them.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
5 Their harvest, the starving will eat. The armed man will rob him, and the thirsty will drink his resources.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.
6 Nothing on earth occurs without a reason, and sorrow does not rise from the earth.
For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Man is born to labor, and the bird to fly.
For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
8 Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God.
But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;
9 He does great and unfathomable and miraculous things without number.
Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
10 He gives rain over the face of the earth and irrigates all things with the waters.
Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
11 He places the humble on high and encourages the grieving towards health.
Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.
12 He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
13 He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
14 They will encounter darkness in the daytime, and they will grope at midday just as in the night.
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.
15 Thereafter, he will act to save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 And there will be hope for those in need, for iniquity will diminish its speech.
So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
17 Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For he wounds and he cures; he strikes and his hands will heal.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 He will deliver you into six tribulations, and in the seventh, evil will not touch you.
He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 During famine, he will rescue you from death, and during war, from the hand 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, and you will not fear calamity when it arrives.
Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 In desolation and in famine, you will laugh, and you will not dread the beasts of the earth.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
23 For you are in harmony with the stones of the land, and the beasts of the earth will make peace with you.
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 And you will know that your home has peace, and, concerning your appearance, you will not sin.
And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.
25 Likewise, you will know that your offspring will be manifold and your progeny will be like the grass of the earth.
And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
26 You will enter the grave with abundance, just as a crop of wheat is gathered in its time.
Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.
27 Behold, this is just as we have found it, which you have heard; walk it through your mind.
Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.
