Job 5

1 Call nowe, if any will answere thee, and to which of the Saintes wilt thou turne?

Give now a cry for help; is there anyone who will give you an answer? and to which of the holy ones will you make your prayer?

2 Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.

For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

3 I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.

4 His children shalbe farre from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, and none shall deliuer them.

Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.

5 The hungrie shall eate vp his haruest: yea, they shall take it from among the thornes, and the thirstie shall drinke vp their substance.

Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.

6 For miserie commeth not foorth of the dust, neither doeth affliction spring out of the earth.

For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;

7 But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.

But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire.

8 But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:

But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:

9 Which doeth great things and vnsearchable, and marueilous things without nomber.

Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:

10 He giueth raine vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,

Who gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields:

11 And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowfull may be exalted to saluation.

Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;

12 He scattereth the deuices of the craftie: so that their handes can not accomplish that which they doe enterprise.

Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.

13 He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.

He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.

14 They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope at noone day, as in the night.

In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.

15 But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man,

But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.

16 So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.

So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

17 Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie.

Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

18 For he maketh the wound, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his handes make whole.

For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.

19 He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, and in the seuenth the euill shall not touch thee.

He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.

20 In famine he shall deliuer thee from death: and in battel from the power of the sworde.

When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it commeth.

He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.

22 But thou shalt laugh at destruction and dearth, and shalt not be afraide of the beast of the earth.

You will make sport of destruction and need, and will have no fear of the beasts of the earth.

23 For the stones of the fielde shall be in league with thee, and the beastes of the field shall be at peace with thee.

For you will be in agreement with the stones of the earth, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

24 And thou shalt knowe, that peace shall be in thy tabernacle, and thou shalt visite thine habitation, and shalt not sinne.

And you will be certain that your tent is at peace, and after looking over your property you will see that nothing is gone.

25 Thou shalt perceiue also, that thy seede shalbe great, and thy posteritie as the grasse of the earth.

You will be certain that your seed will be great, and your offspring like the plants of the earth.

26 Thou shalt goe to thy graue in a ful age, as a ricke of corne commeth in due season into the barne.

You will come to your last resting-place in full strength, as the grain is taken up to the crushing-floor in its time.

27 Lo, thus haue we inquired of it, and so it is: heare this and knowe it for thy selfe.

See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.