GodsWord - Job - 5

5:1  "Cry out! Is there anyone to answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

5:2  Certainly, anger kills a stubborn fool, and jealousy murders a gullible person.

5:3  I have seen a stubborn fool take root, but I quickly cursed his house.

5:4  His children are far from help. They are crushed at the city gate, and no one is there to rescue them.

5:5  What a stubborn fool gathers, hungry people eat. They take it even from among the thorns, and thirsty people pant after his wealth.

5:6  Certainly, sorrow doesn't come from the soil, and trouble doesn't sprout from the ground.

5:7  But a person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.

5:8  "But I would seek God's help and present my case to him.

5:9  He does great things that we cannot understand and miracles that we cannot count.

5:10  He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.

5:11  He places lowly people up high. He lifts those who mourn to safety.

5:12  He keeps shrewd people from carrying out their plans so that they cannot do anything successfully.

5:13  He catches the wise with their own tricks. The plans of schemers prove to be hasty.

5:14  In the daytime they meet darkness and grope in the sunlight as if it were night.

5:15  "But he saves other people from their slander and the needy from the power of the mighty.

5:16  Then the poor have hope while wrongdoing shuts its mouth.

5:17  "Blessed is the person whom God corrects. That person should not despise discipline from the Almighty.

5:18  God injures, but he bandages. He beats you up, but his hands make you well.

5:19  He will keep you safe from six troubles, and when the seventh one comes, no harm will touch you:

5:20  "In famine he will save you from death, and in war he will save you from the sword.

5:21  "When the tongue lashes out, you will be safe, and you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

5:22  "You will be able to laugh at destruction and starvation, so do not be afraid of wild animals on the earth.

5:23  "You will have a binding agreement with the stones in the field, and wild animals will be at peace with you.

5:24  "You will know peace in your tent. You will inspect your house and find nothing missing.

5:25  "You will find that your children are many and your descendants are like the grass of the earth.

5:26  "You will come to your grave at a ripe old age like a stack of hay in the right season.

5:27  "We have studied all of this thoroughly! This is the way it is. Listen to it, and learn it for yourself."