| 5 | Job | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Call now; is there any one who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? | |||
| Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple. | |||
| I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling. | |||
| His sons are far from safety, they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them. | |||
| His harvest the hungry eat, and he takes it even out of thorns; and the thirsty pant after his wealth. | |||
| For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground; | |||
| but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. | |||
| "As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause; | |||
| who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number: | |||
| he gives rain upon the earth and sends waters upon the fields; | |||
| he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. | |||
| He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. | |||
| He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end. | |||
| They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night. | |||
| But he saves the fatherless from their mouth, the needy from the hand of the mighty. | |||
| So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. | |||
| "Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty. | |||
| For he wounds, but he binds up; he smites, but his hands heal. | |||
| He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven there shall no evil touch you. | |||
| In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. | |||
| You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes. | |||
| At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth. | |||
| For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. | |||
| You shall know that your tent is safe, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing. | |||
| You shall know also that your descendants shall be many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth. | |||
| You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season. | |||
| Lo, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your own good." | |||
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