Job 5
1 Call now if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.
Call now, see if any will answer thee! And to which of the holy ones wilt thou look?
2 Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.
Verily grief destroyeth the fool, And wrath consumeth the weak man.
3 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.
I have seen an impious man taking root, But soon I cursed his habitation.
4 His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.
His children are far from safety; They are oppressed at the gate, and there is none to deliver them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.
His harvest the hungry devour, Carrying it even through the thorns; And a snare gapeth after his substance.
6 Nothing upon earth is done without a voice cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground.
For affliction cometh not from the dust, Nor doth trouble spring up from the ground;
7 Man is born to labour and the bird to fly.
Behold, man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
8 Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:
I would look to God, And to God would I commit my cause,
9 Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:
Who doeth great things and unsearchable; Yea, marvellous things without number;
10 Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:
Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth water upon the fields;
11 Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.
Who placeth the lowly in high places, And restoreth the afflicted to prosperity;
12 Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:
Who disappointeth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprises;
13 Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:
Who taketh the wise in their own craftiness, And bringeth to nought the counsel of the artful.
14 They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.
They meet with darkness in the daytime; They grope at noon as if it were night.
15 But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth; The oppressed from the hand of the mighty.
16 And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.
So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord:
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.
For he bruiseth, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.
In six troubles will he deliver thee; Yea, in seven shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in battle, from the hand of the sword.
In famine he will redeem thee from death, And in war from the power of the sword.
21 Thou shalt he hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.
Thou shalt be safe from the scourge of the tongue, And shalt not be afraid of destruction, when it cometh.
22 In destruction and famine then shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, And of the wild beasts of the land shalt thou not be afraid.
23 But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at pence with thee.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; Yea, the beasts of the forest shall be at peace with thee.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty thou shalt not sin.
Thou shalt find that thy tent is in peace; Thou shalt visit thy dwelling, and not be disappointed.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.
Thou shalt see thy descendants numerous, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in full age, As a shock of corn gathered in its season.
27 Behold, this is even so, as we have searched out: which thou having heard, consider it thoroughly in thy mind.
Lo! this we have searched out; so it is: Hear it, and lay it up in thy mind!
