Job 5

1 Therefore call, if there are any who will respond to you, and turn to one or another of the saints.

"Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

2 Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.

For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

3 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I have cursed his excellence without hesitation.

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

4 His sons will be far from prosperity and will be crushed at the gate, and there will be none who can rescue them.

His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

5 Their harvest, the starving will eat. The armed man will rob him, and the thirsty will drink his resources.

whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. And the thirsty swallow up their wealth.

6 Nothing on earth occurs without a reason, and sorrow does not rise from the earth.

For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

7 Man is born to labor, and the bird to fly.

but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

8 Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God.

"But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,

9 He does great and unfathomable and miraculous things without number.

who does great things that can't be fathomed, marvelous things without number;

10 He gives rain over the face of the earth and irrigates all things with the waters.

who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;

11 He places the humble on high and encourages the grieving towards health.

so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.

12 He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.

13 He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.

He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning are brought to a quick end.

14 They will encounter darkness in the daytime, and they will grope at midday just as in the night.

They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

15 Thereafter, he will act to save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.

But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

16 And there will be hope for those in need, for iniquity will diminish its speech.

So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

17 Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord.

"Look, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of Shaddai.

18 For he wounds and he cures; he strikes and his hands will heal.

For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.

19 He will deliver you into six tribulations, and in the seventh, evil will not touch you.

He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.

20 During famine, he will rescue you from death, and during war, from the hand of the sword.

In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.

21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear calamity when it arrives.

You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

22 In desolation and in famine, you will laugh, and you will not dread the beasts of the earth.

At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.

23 For you are in harmony with the stones of the land, and the beasts of the earth will make peace with you.

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 you will know that your home has peace, and, concerning your appearance, you will not sin.

You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.

25 Likewise, you will know that your offspring will be manifold and your progeny will be like the grass of the earth.

You shall know also that your descendants shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.

26 You will enter the grave with abundance, just as a crop of wheat is gathered in its time.

You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

27 Behold, this is just as we have found it, which you have heard; walk it through your mind.

Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good."