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Job 5

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1 Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
1 “Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
2 Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3 I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
3 I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
4 His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5 Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
5 The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
6 For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
7 For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 Yet I -- I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
8 “But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
9 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
10 Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
10 He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside.
11 To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
11 The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
12 He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
14 By day they meet darkness, And as night -- they grope at noon.
14 Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.
15 And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
16 And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
19 In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
19 From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.
20 In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
20 In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21 When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.
21 You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.
22 At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the wild animals.
23 (For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24 And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
24 You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
25 And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
25 You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26 Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.
27 Lo, this -- we searched it out -- it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
27 “We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.”
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