5Job 5

1Call out, Job. See if anyone answers. Is there any angel to whom you can turn?Select Job 5:1

2To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.Select Job 5:2

3I have seen fools who looked secure, but I called down a sudden curse on their homes.Select Job 5:3

4Their children can never find safety; no one stands up to defend them in court.Select Job 5:4

5Hungry people will eat the fool's crops— even the grain growing among thorns— and thirsty people will envy his wealth.Select Job 5:5

6Evil does not grow in the soil, nor does trouble grow out of the ground.Select Job 5:6

7No indeed! We bring trouble on ourselves, as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.Select Job 5:7

8If I were you, I would turn to God and present my case to him.Select Job 5:8

9We cannot understand the great things he does, and to his miracles there is no end.Select Job 5:9

10He sends rain on the land and he waters the fields.Select Job 5:10

11Yes, it is God who raises the humble and gives joy to all who mourn.Select Job 5:11

13He upsets the plans of cunning people, and traps the wise in their own schemes, so that nothing they do succeeds;Select Job 5:13

14even at noon they grope in darkness.Select Job 5:14

15But God saves the poor from death; he saves the needy from oppression.Select Job 5:15

16He gives hope to the poor and silences the wicked.Select Job 5:16

17Happy is the person whom God corrects! Do not resent it when he rebukes you.Select Job 5:17

18God bandages the wounds he makes; his hand hurts you, and his hand heals.Select Job 5:18

19Time after time he will save you from harm;Select Job 5:19

20when famine comes, he will keep you alive, and in war protect you from death.Select Job 5:20

21God will rescue you from slander; he will save you when destruction comes.Select Job 5:21

22You will laugh at violence and hunger and not be afraid of wild animals.Select Job 5:22

23The fields you plow will be free of rocks; wild animals will never attack you.Select Job 5:23

24Then you will live at peace in your tent; when you look at your sheep, you will find them safe.Select Job 5:24

25You will have as many children as there are blades of grass in a pasture.Select Job 5:25

26Like wheat that ripens till harvest time, you will live to a ripe old age.Select Job 5:26

27Job, we have learned this by long study. It is true, so now accept it.Select Job 5:27