Job 5
1 Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
Call now, see if any will answer thee! And to which of the holy ones wilt thou look?
2 For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
Verily grief destroyeth the fool, And wrath consumeth the weak man.
3 I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
I have seen an impious man taking root, But soon 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 oppressed at the gate, and there is none to deliver them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
His harvest the hungry devour, Carrying it even through the thorns; And a snare gapeth after his substance.
6 For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
For affliction cometh not from the dust, Nor doth trouble spring up from the ground;
7 For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
Behold, man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
8 Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
I would look to God, And to God would I commit my cause,
9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
Who doeth great things and unsearchable; Yea, marvellous 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 earth, And sendeth water upon the fields;
11 To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
Who placeth the lowly in high places, And restoreth the afflicted to prosperity;
12 Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
Who disappointeth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprises;
13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
Who taketh the wise in their own craftiness, And bringeth to nought the counsel of the artful.
14 By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.
They meet with darkness in the daytime; They grope at noon as if it were night.
15 And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth; The oppressed from the hand of the mighty.
16 And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
So the poor hath 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 correcteth; Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
For he bruiseth, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
In six troubles will he deliver thee; Yea, in seven 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 will redeem 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.
Thou shalt be safe from the scourge of the tongue, And shalt 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 thou shalt laugh, And of the wild beasts of the land shalt thou not be afraid.
23 (For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; Yea, the beasts of the forest shall be at peace with thee.
24 And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
Thou shalt find that thy tent is in peace; Thou shalt visit thy dwelling, and not be disappointed.
25 And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
Thou shalt see thy descendants numerous, And thine 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.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in full age, As a shock of corn gathered in its season.
27 Lo, this — we searched it out — it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
Lo! this we have searched out; so it is: Hear it, and lay it up in thy mind!
