Job 5
1 Call out now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For anger kills the foolish man; jealousy kills the silly one.
For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
3 I have seen a foolish person taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the city gate. There is no one to rescue them.
His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
5 The hungry eat up their harvest; they even take it from among the thorns. The thirsty pant for their wealth.
whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.
6 For difficulties do not come out from the soil; neither does trouble sprout from the ground.
For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Instead, mankind is born for trouble, just as sparks fly upward.
but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 But as for me, I would turn to God himself; to him I would commit my cause—
“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
9 he who does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number.
who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvellous things without number;
10 He gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields.
who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
11 He does this in order to set up on high those who are low; to raise to safety those who mourn.
so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
12 He breaks the plans of the crafty people, so that their hands cannot achieve success.
He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.
13 He traps wise people in their own crafty actions; the plans of twisted people are hurried to their end.
He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
14 They encounter darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as if it were night.
They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15 But he saves the poor person from the sword in their mouths and the needy person from the hand of mighty people.
But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor person has hope, and injustice shuts her own mouth.
So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
17 See, blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For he wounds and then binds up; he wounds and then his hands heal.
For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
19 He will rescue you out of six troubles; indeed, in seven troubles, no evil will touch you.
He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
20 In famine he will ransom you from death, and in war from the hands of the sword.
In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, and you will not be afraid of beasts of the earth.
You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
23 For you will have a covenant with the stones in your field, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.
24 You will know that your tent is in safety; you will visit your sheepfold and you will not miss anything.
You will know that your tent is in peace. You will visit your fold, and will miss nothing.
25 You will also know that your seed will be great, that your offspring will be like the grass on the ground.
You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 You will come to your grave at a full age, like a stack of grain bundles that goes up at its time.
You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
27 See, we have examined this matter; it is like this; listen to it, and know it for yourself.”
Behold, we have researched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”
