Job 5
1 “Call out now: Is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For resentment kills the fool, and envy brings the naive to their death.
3 I myself saw a fool taking root, and suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
4 His children are far from deliverance; they are crushed at the gate, with no one to rescue them.
5 The hungry eat his harvest, taking it even from among the thorns, and a trap lies in wait for their wealth.
6 For wrongdoing does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
7 But human beings are born for trouble, just as sparks fly upward.
8 But I would seek God and lay my case before him.
9 He does great and unfathomable things, wonders without number.
10 He gives rain on the face of the earth and sends water over the fields.
11 He raises the lowly to a high place, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 He frustrates the plans of the cunning, and their hands accomplish nothing worthwhile.
13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the plans of the crooked are brought to a sudden end.
14 By day they meet darkness, and at noon they grope as if it were night.”
15 “He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the powerful.
16 So the poor have hope, and injustice is silenced.
17 Look: happy is the person whom God corrects; so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For he wounds, and he bandages; he strikes, and his hands heal.
19 In six troubles he will rescue you, and in seven no harm will touch you.
20 In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear destruction when it comes.
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, and you will not fear the beasts of the earth.
23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
24 You will know that your tent is secure; you will inspect your home and find nothing missing.
25 You will know that your offspring are many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf gathered in its season.
27 Look, we have examined this, and so it is. Listen, and take it to heart.”
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