Job 5

1 Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?

2 For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.

For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

3 I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:

Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.

Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.

6 For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.

7 For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.

For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.

8 But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;

Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,

9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;

Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.

10 Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;

Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.

11 Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.

To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.

12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.

Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.

13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:

Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,

14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.

By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.

15 And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,

16 So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.

And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.

17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.

Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.

19 He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.

20 In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.

21 Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.

22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.

At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.

23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

(For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)

24 And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.

And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,

25 And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.

And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;

26 Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.

Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.

27 Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.

Lo, this — we searched it out — it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!