Job 5:1-27 GW

[1] "Cry out! Is there anyone to answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? [2] Certainly, anger kills a stubborn fool, and jealousy murders a gullible person. [3] I have seen a stubborn fool take root, but I quickly cursed his house. [4] His children are far from help. They are crushed at the city gate, and no one is there to rescue them. [5] What a stubborn fool gathers, hungry people eat. They take it even from among the thorns, and thirsty people pant after his wealth. [6] Certainly, sorrow doesn't come from the soil, and trouble doesn't sprout from the ground. [7] But a person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up from a fire. [8] "But I would seek God's help and present my case to him. [9] He does great things that we cannot understand and miracles that we cannot count. [10] He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields. [11] He places lowly people up high. He lifts those who mourn to safety. [12] He keeps shrewd people from carrying out their plans so that they cannot do anything successfully. [13] He catches the wise with their own tricks. The plans of schemers prove to be hasty. [14] In the daytime they meet darkness and grope in the sunlight as if it were night. [15] "But he saves other people from their slander and the needy from the power of the mighty. [16] Then the poor have hope while wrongdoing shuts its mouth. [17] "Blessed is the person whom God corrects. That person should not despise discipline from the Almighty. [18] God injures, but he bandages. He beats you up, but his hands make you well. [19] He will keep you safe from six troubles, and when the seventh one comes, no harm will touch you: [20] "In famine he will save you from death, and in war he will save you from the sword. [21] "When the tongue lashes out, you will be safe, and you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes. [22] "You will be able to laugh at destruction and starvation, so do not be afraid of wild animals on the earth. [23] "You will have a binding agreement with the stones in the field, and wild animals will be at peace with you. [24] "You will know peace in your tent. You will inspect your house and find nothing missing. [25] "You will find that your children are many and your descendants are like the grass of the earth. [26] "You will come to your grave at a ripe old age like a stack of hay in the right season. [27] "We have studied all of this thoroughly! This is the way it is. Listen to it, and learn it for yourself."