Job 5

New International Version

5 “Call if you will, but who will answer you?^(A)
    To which of the holy ones^(B) will you turn?
²Resentment^(C) kills a fool,
    and envy slays the simple.^(D)
³I myself have seen^(E) a fool taking root,^(F)
    but suddenly^(G) his house was cursed.^(H)
⁴His children^(I) are far from safety,^(J)
    crushed in court^(K) without a defender.^(L)
⁵The hungry consume his harvest,^(M)
    taking it even from among thorns,
    and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
⁶For hardship does not spring from the soil,
    nor does trouble sprout from the ground.^(N)
⁷Yet man is born to trouble^(O)
    as surely as sparks fly upward.

⁸“But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
    I would lay my cause before him.^(P)
⁹He performs wonders^(Q) that cannot be fathomed,^(R)
    miracles that cannot be counted.^(S)
¹⁰He provides rain for the earth;^(T)
    he sends water on the countryside.^(U)
¹¹The lowly he sets on high,^(V)
    and those who mourn^(W) are lifted^(X) to safety.
¹²He thwarts the plans^(Y) of the crafty,
    so that their hands achieve no success.^(Z)
¹³He catches the wise^(AA) in their craftiness,^(AB)
    and the schemes of the wily are swept away.^(AC)
¹⁴Darkness^(AD) comes upon them in the daytime;
    at noon they grope as in the night.^(AE)
¹⁵He saves the needy^(AF) from the sword in their mouth;
    he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.^(AG)
¹⁶So the poor^(AH) have hope,
    and injustice shuts its mouth.^(AI)

¹⁷“Blessed is the one whom God corrects;^(AJ)
    so do not despise the discipline^(AK) of the Almighty.^[a]^(AL)
¹⁸For he wounds, but he also binds up;^(AM)
    he injures, but his hands also heal.^(AN)
¹⁹From six calamities he will rescue^(AO) you;
    in seven no harm will touch you.^(AP)
²⁰In famine^(AQ) he will deliver you from death,
    and in battle from the stroke of the sword.^(AR)
²¹You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,^(AS)
    and need not fear^(AT) when destruction comes.^(AU)
²²You will laugh^(AV) at destruction and famine,^(AW)
    and need not fear the wild animals.^(AX)
²³For you will have a covenant^(AY) with the stones^(AZ) of the field,
    and the wild animals will be at peace with you.^(BA)
²⁴You will know that your tent is secure;^(BB)
    you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.^(BC)
²⁵You will know that your children will be many,^(BD)
    and your descendants like the grass of the earth.^(BE)
²⁶You will come to the grave in full vigor,^(BF)
    like sheaves gathered in season.^(BG)