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