Iyov (Job) 5
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1“Call if you like, but will anyone answer?
To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2For anger kills the fool,
and envy slays the silly.
3I watch as a fool establishes roots,
but I curse his home with sudden [destruction] —
4his children are far from help,
publicly humiliated, with no one to rescue;
5the hungry eat up his harvest,
taking it even from among thorns,
while the thirsty are panting,
eager to swallow his wealth.
6For misery does not come from the dust
or trouble spring from the ground.
7No, people are born for trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.
8“If I were you, I would seek God;
I would make my plea to him.
9For God does great deeds beyond investigation,
wonders beyond all reckoning.
10He gives rain to the earth,
pours water down on the fields.
11He raises the lowly on high
and lifts mourners to safety.
12He frustrates the schemes of the cunning,
so that they achieve no success;
13trapping the crafty in their own tricks
and foiling quickly the plans of the false.
14They meet with darkness during the day,
groping at noon like at night.
15But he saves the poor from the sword, their mouth,
and from the clutches of the strong;
16so the poor can hope again;
and injustice shuts its mouth.
17“How happy the person whom God corrects!
So don’t despise Shaddai’s discipline.
18For he wounds, but he bandages the sore;
his hands may strike, but they also heal.
19He will rescue you from six disasters;
yes, in seven no harm will touch you.
20In famine, he will save you from death,
and in war, from the power of the sword.
21You will be shielded from the lash of the tongue,
and you won’t have to fear destruction when it comes —
22you’ll be able to laugh at destruction and famine.
Also you won’t have to fear wild animals,
23for you will be in league with the stones in the field,
and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24You will know that your tent is safe;
you will look round your home and miss nothing.
25You will know that your descendants are many,
your offspring like grass [growing thick] in the fields.
26You will come to your grave at a ripe old age,
like a pile of grain that arrives in season.
27“We’ve looked into this, and that’s how it is;
listen, and know that it’s for your own good.”
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