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Job 5 :1 5:1 Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

Job 5 :2 5:2 Surely ^avexation slays the fool,
And jealousy kills the simpleton.

Job 5 :3 5:3 I have seen the fool taking root,
But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Job 5 :4 5:4 His children are far from safety,
And they are crushed in the gate; and there is no one to deliver them.

Job 5 :5 5:5 The hungry eat his harvest
And ¹even take it out from the thorns,
And the ²thirsty pant after ³his wealth.

Job 5 :6 5:6 For evil does not come forth from the dust,
Nor does trouble spring forth from the ground.

Job 5 :7 5:7 But man is born unto ^atrouble,
Just as sparks fly upward.

Job 5 :8 5:8 But as for me, I would seek after God,
And I would commit my cause to God,

Job 5 :9 5:9 Who does great things that cannot be ^asearched,
Wonderful deeds that cannot be numbered;

Job 5 :10 5:10 Who gives ^arain upon the surface of the earth
And sends water upon the surface of the fields;

Job 5 :11 5:11 Who sets on ^ahigh those who are lowly
And puts those who ^bmourn safely above all.

Job 5 :12 5:12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
So that their hands achieve no enterprise.

Job 5 :13 5:13 ^aHe seizes the ^bwise in their own craftiness,
And the counsel of the wily is brought to a sudden end.

Job 5 :14 5:14 By day they encounter darkness,
And at noon they grope about as in the night.

Job 5 :15 5:15 But He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth,
From the hand of the strong.

Job 5 :16 5:16 Thus the poor have hope,
And Injustice stops her mouth.

Job 5 :17 5:17 Indeed, ^ablessed is the man whom God corrects;
Therefore do not reject the ^1bchastening of the ²Almighty.

Job 5 :18 5:18 For He wounds, but He binds up;
He strikes, but His hands ^aheal.

Job 5 :19 5:19 In six troubles He will deliver you;
Indeed in seven no evil will touch you.

Job 5 :20 5:20 In famine He will redeem you from death,
And in battle, from the power of the sword.

Job 5 :21 5:21 From the scourge of the tongue you will be hidden,
And you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Job 5 :22 5:22 At destruction and at famine you will laugh,
And you will not be afraid of the animals of the earth.

Job 5 :23 5:23 For you will be in an alliance with the stones of the field,
And the animals of the field will be at peace with you.

Job 5 :24 5:24 And you will know that your tent is at peace,
And you will inspect your fold and miss nothing.

Job 5 :25 5:25 And you will know that your seed will be great,
And your offspring like the grass of the earth.

Job 5 :26 5:26 You will come to the grave at a ripe old age,
Like a shock of grain ¹coming up in its season.

Job 5 :27 5:27 This is it. We have searched it out; it is so.
Hear then and know it for yourself.