Job 5
1 Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
"Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
3 I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any 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 eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. And the thirsty swallow up their wealth.
6 For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
7 For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
"But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
who does great things that can't be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
10 Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
11 To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
12 Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.
13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning are brought to a quick end.
14 By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.
They meet with darkness in the day time, 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 saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
17 Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
"Look, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of Shaddai.
18 For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.
19 In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
20 In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
In famine he will redeem you from death; 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.
You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the animals 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 you shall be in league with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.
25 And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
You shall know also that your descendants shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
27 Lo, this — we searched it out — it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good."
