Job 5
1 Call now, see if any will answer thee! And to which of the holy ones wilt thou look?
Do but call: is there one that will answer thee? and to whom of the saints wilt thou turn thyself?
2 Verily grief destroyeth the fool, And wrath consumeth the weak man.
For vexation will prove death to a foolish man, and jealousy will slay the simple.
3 I have seen an impious man taking root, But soon I cursed his habitation.
I have myself seen the foolish taking root; but I suddenly held his habitation as accursed.
4 His children are far from safety; They are oppressed at the gate, and there is none to deliver them.
His children are far from help, and men crush them in the gate, with no one to deliver them.
5 His harvest the hungry devour, Carrying it even through the thorns; And a snare gapeth after his substance.
[He it is] whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber snatcheth eagerly after their substance.
6 For affliction cometh not from the dust, Nor doth trouble spring up from the ground;
For wrong doth not come forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble grow up out of the ground;
7 Behold, man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
But man is born unto trouble, as young birds take up their flight.
8 I would look to God, And to God would I commit my cause,
I, however, would have besought God, and unto God would I have committed my cause;
9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable; Yea, marvellous things without number;
Who doth great things which are unsearchable, marvelous things till they are without number;
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth water upon the fields;
Who giveth rain upon the surface of the earth, and sendeth out waters over the face of the fields;
11 Who placeth the lowly in high places, And restoreth the afflicted to prosperity;
To set up the lowly on high, that those who mourn may rise high to happiness;
12 Who disappointeth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprises;
[But] who frustrateth the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot execute their well-devised counsel;
13 Who taketh the wise in their own craftiness, And bringeth to nought the counsel of the artful.
Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong;
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime; They grope at noon as if it were night.
By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;
15 So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth; The oppressed from the hand of the mighty.
But who saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty, the needy one:
16 So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
And so cometh to the indigent hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Behold, happy is the man whom God admonisheth: despise then not the correction of the Almighty.
18 For he bruiseth, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
For he it is that woundeth, and bindeth up: he smiteth, and his hands do heal.
19 In six troubles will he deliver thee; Yea, in seven shall no evil touch thee.
In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine he will redeem thee from death, And in war from the power of the sword.
In famine he redeemeth thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.
21 Thou shalt be safe from the scourge of the tongue, And shalt not be afraid of destruction, when it cometh.
Against the scourge of the tongue shall thou he hidden; and thou needest not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, And of the wild beasts of the land shalt thou not be afraid.
At destruction and famine canst thou laugh; and thou needest not have any fear of the beasts of the earth.
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; Yea, the beasts of the forest shall be at peace with thee.
For with the stones of the field shalt thou have thy covenant; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 Thou shalt find that thy tent is in peace; Thou shalt visit thy dwelling, and not be disappointed.
And thou shalt know that there is peace in thy tent; and thou wilt look over thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.
25 Thou shalt see thy descendants numerous, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thy offspring as the herbage of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in full age, As a shock of corn gathered in its season.
Thon wilt go in a ripe age unto the grave, as a shock of corn is carried home in its season.
27 Lo! this we have searched out; so it is: Hear it, and lay it up in thy mind!
Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is: hear it, and do thou note it well for thyself.
