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Job 5:3-13

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.

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