Job 5
1 Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
Do but call: is there one that will answer thee? and to whom of the saints wilt thou turn thyself?
2 For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
For vexation will prove death to a foolish man, and jealousy will slay the simple.
3 I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
I have myself seen the foolish taking root; but I suddenly held his habitation as accursed.
4 Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
His children are far from help, and men crush them in the gate, with no one to deliver them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
[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 sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
For wrong doth not come forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble grow up out of the ground;
7 For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
But man is born unto trouble, as young birds take up their flight.
8 Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
I, however, would have besought God, and unto God would I have committed my cause;
9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
Who doth great things which are unsearchable, marvelous things till they are 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 surface of the earth, and sendeth out waters over the face of the fields;
11 To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
To set up the lowly on high, that those who mourn may rise high to happiness;
12 Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
[But] who frustrateth the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot execute their well-devised counsel;
13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong;
14 By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.
By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;
15 And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
But who saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty, the needy one:
16 And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
And so cometh to the indigent hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
Behold, happy is the man whom God admonisheth: despise then not the correction of the Almighty.
18 For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
For he it is that woundeth, and bindeth up: he smiteth, and his hands do heal.
19 In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
In famine he redeemeth thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.
21 When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not 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 at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
At destruction and famine canst thou laugh; and thou needest not have any fear 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.)
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 And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
And thou shalt know that there is peace in thy tent; and thou wilt look over thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.
25 And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thy offspring as the herbage of the earth.
26 Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk 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 searched it out — it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is: hear it, and do thou note it well for thyself.
