LEB - Job - 5

5:1  “Call now, is there anyone answering you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

5:2  For vexation will slay the fool, and jealousy will kill the simple.

5:3  I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.

5:4  His children are far from deliverance, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer—

5:5  whose harvest the hungry eats, and he takes it ⌞from behind⌟ the thorns; and the thirsty pants after their wealth.

5:6  Indeed, mischief does not come from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the earth.

5:7  But a human being is born to trouble, and ⌞they soar aloft⌟ like ⌞sparks⌟.

5:8  “But I myself will seek God, and to God I would commit my cause.

5:9  He is doing great and ⌞unsearchable⌟ things, marvelous things ⌞without number⌟—

5:10  the one who is giving rain on the ⌞surface of⌟ the earth and is sending water on the ⌞surface of⌟ the fields,

5:11  to set the lowly on high, and those mourning are lifted to safety.

5:12  He is frustrating the devices of the crafty, and their hands do not achieve success.

5:13  He is capturing the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are rushed.

5:14  In the daytime they meet with darkness, and they grope at noon as in the night.

5:15  And he saves from the sword of their mouth, ⌞even⌟ the poor from the hand of the strong.

5:16  So there is hope for the powerless, and wickedness shuts its mouth.

5:17  “Look, happy is the human being whom God reproves; and you must not despise the discipline of Shaddai,

5:18  for he himself wounds, but he binds up; he strikes, but his hands heal.

5:19  ⌞From⌟ six troubles he will deliver you, and in seven evil shall not touch you.

5:20  In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the ⌞power of⌟ the sword.

5:21  From the scourge of the tongue you shall be hidden, and you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

5:22  At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and you shall not fear the wild animals of the earth.

5:23  For your covenant will be with the stones of the field, and the wild animals of the field will be at peace with you.

5:24  And you shall know that your tent is safe, and you will inspect your fold, and you shall not be missing anything.

5:25  And you shall know that your offspring are many, and your descendants like the vegetation of the earth.

5:26  You shall come in maturity to the grave, as the raising up of a stack of sheaves in its season.

5:27  “Look, we have searched this out—it is true; hear it and know it ⌞yourself⌟.”