Job 5

1 “Call now; is there anyone who will answer you?
To which of ^athe holy ones will you turn?
2 Surely vexation kills the fool,
and jealousy slays the simple.
3 ^bI have seen the fool taking root,
but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
4 His children are ^cfar from safety;
they are crushed in ^dthe gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.
5 The hungry eat his harvest,
and he takes it even out of thorns, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
and the thirsty pant ^{▼▼Aquila, Symmachus, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew could be read as and the snare pants} after his ^{▼▼Hebrew their} wealth.
6 For affliction does not come from the dust,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
7 but man is ^hborn to trouble
as the sparks fly upward.
8 “As for me, I would seek God,
and to God would I commit my cause,
9 who ⁱdoes great things and ^junsearchable,
^kmarvelous things without number:
10 he gives ^lrain on the earth
and sends waters on the fields;
11 he ^msets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 He ⁿfrustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
13 He ^ocatches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime
and ^pgrope at noonday as in the night.
15 But he ^qsaves the needy from the sword of their mouth
and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor have hope,
and ^rinjustice shuts her mouth.
17 “Behold, ^sblessed is the one whom God reproves;
therefore ^tdespise not the discipline of the ^uAlmighty.
18 For he wounds, but he ^vbinds up;
he ^wshatters, but his hands heal.
19 He will ^xdeliver you from six troubles;
in seven no ^yevil ^{▼▼Or disaster} shall touch you.
20 ^aaIn famine he will redeem you from death,
and in war from the power of the sword.
21 You shall be ^abhidden from the lash of the tongue,
and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh,
and shall not fear ^acthe beasts of the earth.
23 For you shall be in league with the stones of the field,
and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 You shall know that your ^adtent is at peace,
and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
25 You shall know also that your ^aeoffspring shall be many,
and your descendants as ^afthe grass of the earth.
26 You shall come to your grave in ^agripe old age,
like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
27 Behold, this we have ^ahsearched out; it is true.
Hear, and know it for your good.” ^{▼▼Hebrew for yourself}