Job 5
5
God Is Just
1“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
2“For irritation kills the fool,
And jealousy brings death to the simple.
3“I have seen the fool taking root,
And I cursed his home immediately.
4“His sons are far from safety,
They are also #5:4 Lit crushedoppressed at the gate,
And there is no one to save them.
5“#5:5 Lit Whose harvest the hungry devourThe hungry devour his harvest
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the #5:5 Ancient versions thirstyschemer is eager for their wealth.
6“For disaster does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
7For man is born for trouble,
As sparks fly upward.
8¶“But as for me, I would seek God,
And I would make my plea before God,
9Who does great and unsearchable things,
# 5:9 Or Miracles Wonders without number.
10“He gives rain on the earth,
And sends water on the fields,
11So that He sets on high those who are lowly,
And those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12“He frustrates the schemes of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.
13“He captures the wise by their own cleverness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.
14“By day they meet with darkness,
And grope at noon as in the night.
15“But He saves from the sword of their mouth,
And the poor from the hand of the strong.
16“So the helpless has hope,
And injustice has shut its mouth.
17¶“Behold, happy is the person whom God disciplines,
So do not reject the discipline of #5:17 Heb Shaddai, and so throughout ch 6the Almighty.
18“For He inflicts pain, and #5:18 Lit bindsgives relief;
He wounds, but His hands also heal.
19“In six troubles He will save you;
Even in seven, evil will not 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 #5:21 Lit atfrom the scourge of the tongue,
And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.
22“You will laugh at violence and hunger,
And you will not be afraid of #5:22 Lit animals of the earthwild animals.
23“For you will be in league with the stones of the field,
And the animals of the field will be at peace with you.
24“You will know that your tent is secure,
For you will visit your home and #5:24 Lit not misshave nothing missing.
25“You will also know that your #5:25 Lit seeddescendants will be many,
And your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26“You will come to the grave at a ripe age,
Like the stacking of grain in its season.
27“Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is.
Hear it, and know for yourself.”
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