Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom

Job chapter 5

Go ahead and call out. Is there anyone who will answer you? Which of will you turn to? kills a fool. Envy is the death of the simple.I have watched a fool put down roots — and all at once I . are nowhere near safety. They are crushed in , and nobody steps in to save them.The hungry eat his harvest — they take it right out from behind the thorns — and the thirsty gulp down everything he owns.Harm does not come up out of the dust. Trouble does not sprout from the ground.A human being is to trouble the way fly upward.If I were you, I would go looking for God. I would in front of him.He does great things that nobody can , wonders past counting.He sends rain across the face of the earth and lets water loose over the open fields.He sets the low ones up high, and are lifted into safety.He breaks up the schemes of clever men, so their hands never finish anything.He , and the plans of twisted men collapse in a hurry.In broad daylight they run into . At noon they grope around like it is night.He rescues the poor from the sword of their mouth, out of the grip of the strong.So the powerless have , and injustice shuts her mouth.Look — the person God corrects. So do not shove away the correction of .He is the one who hurts you and bandages you. He wounds, and his own hands do the healing.Out of he will pull you. , no harm will you.In famine he will from death, and in war, from the edge of the sword.You will be hidden from , and when ruin comes you will have no reason to be afraid of it.You will laugh at ruin and hunger, and the wild animals will not frighten you.You will have with the stones of your field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.You will know your tent is . You will look over everything you own and .You will know , your descendants like grass across the ground.You will come to still strong, the way a sheaf is stacked in its own season.Look — we have searched this out, and it holds. Now listen to it, and .