Job 5
1 Voca ergo, si est qui tibi respondeat, et ad aliquem sanctorum convertere.
Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
2 Vere stultum interficit iracundia, et parvulum occidit invidia.
For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
3 Ego vidi stultum firma radice, et maledixi pulchritudini ejus statim.
I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 Longe fient filii ejus a salute, et conterentur in porta, et non erit qui eruat.
His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:
5 Cujus messem famelicus comedet, et ipsum rapiet armatus, et bibent sitientes divitias ejus.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.
6 Nihil in terra sine causa fit, et de humo non oritur dolor.
For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Homo nascitur ad laborem, et avis ad volatum.
But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
8 Quam ob rem ego deprecabor Dominum, et ad Deum ponam eloquium meum:
But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;
9 qui facit magna et inscrutabilia, et mirabilia absque numero;
Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:
10 qui dat pluviam super faciem terræ, et irrigat aquis universa;
Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;
11 qui ponit humiles in sublime, et mœrentes erigit sospitate;
So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.
12 qui dissipat cogitationes malignorum, ne possint implere manus eorum quod cœperant;
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 qui apprehendit sapientes in astutia eorum, et consilium pravorum dissipat.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
14 Per diem incurrent tenebras, et quasi in nocte, sic palpabunt in meridie.
They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
15 Porro salvum faciet egenum a gladio oris eorum, et de manu violenti pauperem.
But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 Et erit egeno spes; iniquitas autem contrahet os suum.
So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 Beatus homo qui corripitur a Deo: increpationem ergo Domini ne reprobes:
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
18 quia ipse vulnerat, et medetur; percutit, et manus ejus sanabunt.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 In sex tribulationibus liberabit te, et in septima non tanget te malum.
He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 In fame eruet te de morte, et in bello de manu gladii.
In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.
21 A flagello linguæ absconderis, et non timebis calamitatem cum venerit.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 In vastitate et fame ridebis, et bestias terræ non formidabis.
At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 Sed cum lapidibus regionum pactum tuum, et bestiæ terræ pacificæ erunt tibi.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 Et scies quod pacem habeat tabernaculum tuum; et visitans speciem tuam, non peccabis.
And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.
25 Scies quoque quoniam multiplex erit semen tuum, et progenies tua quasi herba terræ.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Ingredieris in abundantia sepulchrum, sicut infertur acervus tritici in tempore suo.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.
27 Ecce hoc, ut investigavimus, ita est: quod auditum, mente pertracta.
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
