Job 5
1 Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
Call now if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.
2 For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.
3 I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.
4 Far are his sons 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 doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, 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 cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
Nothing upon earth is done without a voice cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground.
7 For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
Man is born to labour and the bird to fly.
8 Yet I — 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, till 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 subtile, 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 subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
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 And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
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 to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.
17 Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord:
18 For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.
19 In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.
20 In famine He hath redeemed thee 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 scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.
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 thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art 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] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
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 thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty thou shalt not sin.
25 And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine 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 Thou comest in full age unto 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 Lo, this — we searched it out — it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
Behold, this is even so, as we have searched out: which thou having heard, consider it thoroughly in thy mind.
