Job 5:1
“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
Job 5:2
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Job 5:3
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
Job 5:4
His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
Job 5:5
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
Job 5:6
For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
Job 5:7
Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
Job 5:8
However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
Job 5:9
the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
Job 5:10
He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
Job 5:11
He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
Job 5:12
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
Job 5:13
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
Job 5:14
They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
Job 5:15
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
Job 5:16
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
Job 5:17
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
Job 5:18
For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
Job 5:19
He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
Job 5:20
In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
Job 5:21
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
Job 5:22
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
Job 5:23
For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
Job 5:24
You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
Job 5:25
You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
Job 5:26
You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
Job 5:27
Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”