Job 5
1 But call, if any one will listen to you, or if you shall see any of the holy angels.
“Pray, call, is there any to answer you? And to which of the holy ones do you turn?
2 For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.
For provocation slays the perverse, And envy puts to death the simple,
3 And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.
I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straight away,
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 sons are far from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
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.
Whose harvest the hungry eat, And even take it from the thorns, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
6 For labor can’t by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:
For sorrow does not come forth from the dust, Nor does misery spring up from the ground.
7 yet man is born to labor, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places.
For man is born to misery, And the sparks go high to fly.
8 Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;
Yet I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
9 who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvelous, of which there is no number:
Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, until there is no numbering.
10 who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:
Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
11 who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:
To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
12 frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:
Making void thoughts of the cunning, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
13 who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty
Capturing the wise in their subtlety, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hurried,
14 In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:
By day they meet darkness, And as night—they grope at noon.
15 and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth, And from a strong hand,
16 And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.
And there is hope for the poor, And perverseness has shut her mouth.
17 But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not you the chastening of the Almighty.
Behold, the blessedness of mortal man, God reproves him: And do not despise the discipline of the Mighty,
18 for he causes [a man] to be in pain, and restores [him] again: he smites, and his hands heal.
For He pains, and He binds up, He strikes, and His hands heal.
19 Six time he shall deliver you out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch you.
In six distresses He delivers you, And in seven evil does not strike on 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 has redeemed you from death, And in battle 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.
When the tongue scourges you are hid, And you are not 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.
At destruction and at hunger you mock, And of the beast of the earth, You are not afraid.
23 For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
(For with sons of the field [is] your covenant, And the beast of the field Has been 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.
And you have known that your tent [is] peace, And inspected your habitation, and do not err,
25 And you shall know that your seed [shall be] abundant; and your children shall be like the herbage of the field.
And have known that your seed [is] numerous, And your offspring as the herb of the earth;
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 come in full age to the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
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].
Behold, this—we searched it out—it [is] right, listen; And you, know for yourself!”
