JobChapter 5

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¹"Call out if you want, but who will answer you?
Which of the holy ones will you turn to? ²For bitter anger kills a fool.
Jealousy kills a foolish person. ³I have seen a fool put down roots.
But all at once a curse came on his home. ⁴His sons are far from safety.
They are crushed in court with no one to defend them. ⁵Hungry people eat up his harvest.
They take it even from among the thorns.
Thirsty people long for his riches. ⁶For pain does not grow out of the dust.
Trouble does not sprout from the ground. ⁷But people are born to have trouble,
as surely as sparks fly up. ⁸But if I were you, I would call out to God.
I would bring my case to him. ⁹He does great things that no one can understand.
He does more wonders than anyone can count. ¹⁰He gives rain to the earth.
He sends water on the fields. ¹¹He lifts up those who are low.
He lifts those who mourn to a safe place. ¹²He ruins the plans of tricky people.
So their hands cannot succeed. ¹³He catches the wise in their own tricks.
He sweeps away the plans of sly people. ¹⁴They run into darkness in the daytime.
At noon they feel their way as if it were night. ¹⁵He saves the needy from the sword in their mouths.
He saves them from the grip of the powerful. ¹⁶So the poor have hope.
And wrong has to shut its mouth. ¹⁷Truly blessed is the man God corrects.
So don't hate the discipline of the Almighty. ¹⁸For he hurts, but he also bandages.
He strikes, but his hands also heal. ¹⁹He will save you from six disasters.
In seven, no harm will touch you. ²⁰In a famine he will redeem you from death.
In battle he will redeem you from the blow of the sword. ²¹You will be hidden from the whip of the tongue.
You will not be afraid when ruin comes. ²²You will laugh at ruin and hunger.
You won't need to fear the wild animals of the earth. ²³For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field.
The wild animals will be at peace with you. ²⁴You will know that your tent is safe.
You will check your home and find nothing missing. ²⁵You will know that you will have many children.
Your family line will be like the grass of the earth. ²⁶You will come to the grave still strong,
like a bundle of grain gathered at the right time. ²⁷Look, we have studied this, and it is true!
So listen to it and know it for yourself."