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Job 5

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1 Call out. Will anyone answer you? To which holy one will you turn?
1 “Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 Surely anger can kill the foolish; fury can kill the simple.
2 Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3 I've seen the foolish take root and promptly curse their house.
3 I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 Their children are far from safety, crushed in the gate without a deliverer.
4 His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5 The hungry devour their crops; it's taken even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after their yield.
5 The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 Surely trouble doesn't come from dust, nor does distress sprout from the ground.
6 For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
7 Surely humans are born to distress, just as sparks rise up.
7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 But I would seek God, put my case to God,
8 “But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
9 who does great things beyond comprehension, wonderful things without number;
9 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
10 who provides rain over the earth's surface, sends water to the open country,
10 He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside.
11 exalts the lowly, raises mourners to victory;
11 The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 who frustrates the schemes of the clever so that their hands achieve no success,
12 He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
13 trapping the wise in their cleverness so that the plans of the devious don't succeed.
13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
14 They encounter darkness during the day, and at noon they fumble about as at night.
14 Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.
15 Yet he rescues the orphan from the sword of their mouth, the needy from the grip of the strong;
15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
16 so the poor have hope and violence shuts its mouth.
16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 Look, happy is the person whom God corrects; so don't reject the Almighty's instruction.
17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 He injures, but he binds up; he strikes, but his hands heal.
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
19 From six adversities he will deliver you; from seven harm won't touch you.
19 From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.
20 In famine he will ransom you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
20 In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21 You will be hidden from the tongue's sting, and you won't fear destruction when it comes.
21 You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.
22 You will laugh at destruction and hunger; you won't be afraid of wild beasts;
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the wild animals.
23 for you will make an agreement with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24 You will know that your tent is secure. You will examine your home and miss nothing.
24 You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
25 You will know that you'll have many children. Your offspring will be like the grass of the earth.
25 You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26 You will come to your grave in old age as bundles of grain stacked up at harvesttime.
26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.
27 Look, we've searched this out, and so it is; listen and find out for yourself.
27 “We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.”
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