Job 5:1-27 MEV

[1] "Call out now; is anyone answering you? And to whom among the holy ones will you turn? [2] For anger slays the foolish man, and jealousy kills the gullible. [3] Yes, I saw the foolish taking root, and quickly I cursed his dwelling. [4] May his children be far from safety, and may they be crushed in the gate without a deliverer; [5] whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the thirsty captures his wealth. [6] For affliction does not come out of the dust, nor does trouble sprout up out of the ground; [7] but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward. [8] "Indeed, I would appeal to God, and before God I would set forth my case, [9] who does the great and the inscrutable, wonders without number. [10] He gives rain on the surface of the earth and sends water on the outdoor places. [11] He sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. [12] He frustrates the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their plans. [13] He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the scheme of the shrewd is swiftly stopped. [14] In the daytime they encounter darkness, and at noontime they grope as in the night. [15] But the needy He saves from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. [16] So the helpless has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. [17] "How happy is the man whom God corrects! Therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty, [18] for He wounds, but He applies the bandage; He injures, but His hands also heal. [19] In six crises He will deliver you; even in seven, disaster will not touch you. [20] In famine He will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. [21] You will be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and you will not fear violence when it comes. [22] You will laugh at devastation and famine, and you will not fear wild animals. [23] For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you. [24] You will know that your tent is peaceful, and you will inspect your property and find nothing missing. [25] You will know that your offspring will be many and your descendants as the grass of the earth. [26] You go to the grave in a full age, as stalks of grain are gathered up in season. [27] "Look! We have investigated all this, and it is so; hear it, and know for yourself."