Job Chapter 5

They die in ignorance.’                             Job 4:12-21

         5^:1“Call out for help now; will anybody answer you?

                  Which of the angels will you turn to?

            ² Adversity slays the foolish;

                  anger kills the simpleminded.

            ³ I’ve seen the foolish taking root

                  and having their progress immediately cursed.

            ⁴ Their children are never safe,

                  they’re oppressed in the courts,

                  and there’s nobody to deliver them.

            ⁵ The hungry eat up their harvest;

                  briers take over it;

                  schemers are eager to get their wealth;

                        ⁶ because adversity doesn’t sprout from the dirt,

                        and trouble doesn’t grow out of the ground. Job 5:1-6

            ⁷ “Mortals are born for trouble

                  like sparks fly up from burning wood.                             

            ⁸ “I would seek God;

                  I’d place my cause in front of him

                        ⁹ who does great, unsearchable things,

                              wonders without number.

                        ¹⁰ He sends rain

                              to water the fields.

                        ¹¹ He sets the humble up high

                              and lifts mourners to safety.

                        ¹² He frustrates devious plots

                              so they can’t succeed.

                        ¹³ He catches the wise in their own shrewdness

                                    and quickly thwarts wily people’s schemes.

                              ¹⁴ They run into darkness in the daytime

                                    and grope at noon as at night.

                        ¹⁵ But he saves people from the sword

                              and the poor from the powerful.

                  ¹⁶ So the helpless have hope;

                        the sinful have to shut their mouths.              

Job 5:7-16

            ¹⁷ “How happy they are that God corrects;

                  so don’t despise discipline by the Almighty,

                                    ¹⁸ because he inflicts pain but gives relief,                             

                                    he wounds in order to heal.

            ¹⁹ He’ll deliver you from six troubles;

                  even in seven, tragedy won’t touch you.

            ²⁰ In famine he’ll redeem you from death;

                  in war he’ll save you from the sword.

            ²¹ He’ll hide you from the scourge of the tongue;

                  you won’t panic when violence comes.

            ²² You’ll laugh at destruction and famine;

                  wild animals won’t scare you.                 

Job 5:17-22

            ²³ You’ll be at peace with the rocks in the field;

                  the wild animals will be at peace with you.

            ²⁴ You’ll know your tent is secure;                             

                  you’ll inventory your holdings and find nothing missing.

            ²⁵ You’ll have lots of children,

                  offspring like grass on the ground.

            ²⁶ You’ll come to your grave at a ripe old age,

                  like a bundle of wheat at harvest time.

            ²⁷ We’ve examined this and found it’s true;

                  listen to it for your own good.”                           

Job 5:23-27