Job 5 / 42
- 1"Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
- 2Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- 3I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
- 4His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
- 5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
- 6For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
- 7Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
- 8"But if it were I, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
- 9He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
- 10He bestows rain on the earth; he sends water upon the countryside.
- 11The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
- 12He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
- 13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
- 14Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.
- 15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
- 16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
- 17"Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- 18For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
- 19From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will befall you.
- 20In famine he will ransom you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
- 21You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.
- 22You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
- 23For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
- 24You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
- 25You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
- 26You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.
- 27"We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself."