Job 5
1 Therefore call, if there are any who will respond to you, and turn to one or another of the saints.
Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
2 Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.
For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
3 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I have cursed his excellence without hesitation.
I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
4 His sons will be far from prosperity and will be crushed at the gate, and there will be none who can rescue them.
Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised 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 doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
6 Nothing on earth occurs without a reason, and sorrow does not rise from the earth.
For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
7 Man is born to labor, and the bird to fly.
For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
8 Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God.
Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
9 He does great and unfathomable and miraculous things without number.
Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
10 He gives rain over the face of the earth and irrigates all things with the waters.
Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
11 He places the humble on high and encourages the grieving towards health.
To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
12 He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.
Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
13 He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.
Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
14 They will encounter darkness in the daytime, and they will grope at midday just as in the night.
By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.
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 wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
16 And there will be hope for those in need, for iniquity will diminish its speech.
And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
17 Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord.
Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
18 For he wounds and he cures; he strikes and his hands will heal.
For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
19 He will deliver you into six tribulations, and in the seventh, evil will not touch you.
In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
20 During famine, he will rescue you from death, and during war, from the hand of the sword.
In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear calamity when it arrives.
When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not 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 at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not 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 with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
24 And you will know that your home has peace, and, concerning your appearance, you will not sin.
And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
25 Likewise, you will know that your offspring will be manifold and your progeny will be like the grass of the earth.
And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, 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 comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
27 Behold, this is just as we have found it, which you have heard; walk it through your mind.
Lo, this — we searched it out — it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
