Job 5
1 “Pray, call, is there any to answer you? And to which of the holy ones do you turn?
Call now if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.
2 For provocation slays the perverse, And envy puts to death the simple,
Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.
3 I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straight away,
I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.
4 His sons are far from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eat, And even take it from the thorns, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.
6 For sorrow does not come forth from the dust, Nor does misery spring up from the ground.
Nothing upon earth is done without a voice cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground.
7 For man is born to misery, And the sparks go high to fly.
Man is born to labour and the bird to fly.
8 Yet I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:
9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, until there is no numbering.
Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:
10 Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:
11 To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.
12 Making void thoughts of the cunning, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:
13 Capturing the wise in their subtlety, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hurried,
Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:
14 By day they meet darkness, And as night—they grope at noon.
They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth, And from a strong hand,
But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
16 And there is hope for the poor, And perverseness has shut her mouth.
And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.
17 Behold, the blessedness of mortal man, God reproves him: And do not despise the discipline of the Mighty,
Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord:
18 For He pains, and He binds up, He strikes, and His hands heal.
For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.
19 In six distresses He delivers you, And in seven evil does not strike on you.
In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.
20 In famine He has redeemed you from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in battle, from the hand of the sword.
21 When the tongue scourges you are hid, And you are not afraid of destruction, When it comes.
Thou shalt he hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.
22 At destruction and at hunger you mock, And of the beast of the earth, You are not afraid.
In destruction and famine then shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 (For with sons of the field [is] your covenant, And the beast of the field Has been at peace with you.)
But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at pence with thee.
24 And you have known that your tent [is] peace, And inspected your habitation, and do not err,
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty thou shalt not sin.
25 And have known that your seed [is] numerous, And your offspring as the herb of the earth;
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.
26 You come in full age to the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.
27 Behold, this—we searched it out—it [is] right, listen; And you, know for yourself!”
Behold, this is even so, as we have searched out: which thou having heard, consider it thoroughly in thy mind.
