Job 5
1 Therefore call, if there are any who will respond to you, and turn to one or another of the saints.
But call, if any one will listen to you, or if you shall see any of the holy angels.
2 Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.
For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.
3 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I have cursed his excellence without hesitation.
And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.
4 His sons will be far from prosperity and will be crushed at the gate, and there will be none who can rescue them.
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 Their harvest, the starving will eat. The armed man will rob him, and the thirsty will drink his resources.
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 Nothing on earth occurs without a reason, and sorrow does not rise from the earth.
For labor can’t by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:
7 Man is born to labor, and the bird to fly.
yet man is born to labor, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places.
8 Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God.
Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;
9 He does great and unfathomable and miraculous things without number.
who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvelous, of which there is no number:
10 He gives rain over the face of the earth and irrigates all things with the waters.
who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:
11 He places the humble on high and encourages the grieving towards health.
who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:
12 He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.
frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:
13 He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.
who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty
14 They will encounter darkness in the daytime, and they will grope at midday just 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 Thereafter, he will act to save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.
16 And there will be hope for those in need, for iniquity will diminish its speech.
And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.
17 Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord.
But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not you the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For he wounds and he cures; he strikes and his hands will heal.
for he causes [a man] to be in pain, and restores [him] again: he smites, and his hands heal.
19 He will deliver you into six tribulations, and in the seventh, evil will not touch you.
Six time he shall deliver you out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch you.
20 During famine, he will rescue you from death, and during war, from the hand 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 you will not fear calamity when it arrives.
He shall hide you from the scourge of the tongue: and you shall not be afraid of coming evils.
22 In desolation and in famine, you will laugh, and you will not dread 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 are in harmony with the stones of the land, and the beasts of the earth will make peace with you.
For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 And you will know that your home has peace, and, concerning your appearance, you will not sin.
Then shall you know that your house shall be at peace, and the provision for your tabernacle shall not fail.
25 Likewise, you will know that your offspring will be manifold and your progeny will be 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 enter the grave with abundance, just as a crop of wheat is gathered in its time.
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 Behold, this is just as we have found it, which you have heard; walk it through your mind.
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].
