ASV_Strong : Job 5
1. Call[H7121] now[H3426]; is there any that will answer[H6030] thee[H6918]? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn[H6437]?
2. For vexation[H3708] killeth[H2026] the foolish man[H191], And jealousy[H7068] slayeth[H4191] the silly one[H6601].
3. I have seen[H7200] the foolish[H191] taking root[H8327]: But suddenly[H6597] I cursed[H5344] his habitation[H5116].
4. His children[H1121] are far[H7368] from safety[H3468], And they are crushed[H1792] in the gate[H8179], Neither is there any to deliver them[H5337]:
5. Whose harvest[H7105] the hungry[H7457] eateth up[H398], And taketh[H3947] it even out[H413] of the thorns[H6791]; And the snare[H6782] gapeth[H7602] for their substance[H2428].
6. For affliction[H205] cometh not forth[H3318] from the dust[H6083], Neither doth trouble[H5999] spring out[H6779] of the ground[H127];
7. But man[H120] is born[H3205] unto trouble[H5999], As the sparks[H1121] fly[H5774] upward[H1361].
8. But as for me[H199], I would seek unto God[H410], And unto God[H430] would I commit[H7760] my cause[H1700];
9. Who doeth[H6213] great things[H1419] and unsearchable[H369], Marvellous things[H6381] without number[H4557]:
10. Who giveth[H5414] rain[H4306] upon[H6440] the earth[H776], And sendeth[H7971] waters[H4325] upon[H6440] the fields[H2351];
11. So that he setteth up[H7760] on high[H4791] those that are low[H8217], And those that mourn[H6937] are exalted[H7682] to safety[H3468].
12. He frustrateth[H6565] the devices[H4284] of the crafty[H6175], So that their hands[H3027] cannot perform[H6213] their enterprise[H8454].
13. He taketh[H3920] the wise[H2450] in their own craftiness[H6193]; And the counsel[H6098] of the cunning[H6617] is carried headlong[H4116].
14. They meet[H6298] with darkness[H2822] in the day-time[H3119], And grope[H4959] at noonday[H6672] as in the night[H3915].
15. But he saveth[H3467] from the sword[H2719] of their mouth[H6310], Even the needy[H34] from the hand[H3027] of the mighty[H2389].
16. So the poor[H1800] hath hope[H8615], And iniquity[H5766] stoppeth[H7092] her mouth[H6310].
17. Behold[H835], happy is the man[H582] whom God[H433] correcteth[H3198]: Therefore despise[H3988] not thou the chastening[H4148] of the Almighty[H7706].
18. For he maketh sore[H3510], and bindeth up[H2280]; He woundeth[H4272], and his hands[H3027] make whole[H7495].
19. He will deliver[H5337] thee in six[H8337] troubles[H6869]; Yea[H7651], in seven there shall no evil[H7451] touch thee[H5060].
20. In famine[H7458] he will redeem[H6299] thee from death[H4194]; And in war[H4421] from the power[H3027] of the sword[H2719].
21. Thou shalt be hid[H2244] from the scourge[H7752] of the tongue[H3956]; Neither shalt thou be afraid[H3372] of destruction[H7701] when it cometh[H935].
22. At destruction[H7701] and dearth[H3720] thou shalt laugh[H7832]; Neither shalt thou be afraid[H3372] of the beasts[H2416] of the earth[H776].
23. For thou shalt be in league[H1285] with the stones[H68] of the field[H7704]; And the beasts[H2416] of the field[H7704] shall be at peace with thee[H7999].
24. And thou shalt know[H3045] that thy tent[H168] is in peace[H7965]; And thou shalt visit[H6485] thy fold[H5116], and shalt miss nothing[H2398].
25. Thou shalt know[H3045] also that thy seed[H2233] shall be great[H7227], And thine offspring[H6631] as the grass[H6212] of the earth[H776].
26. Thou shalt come[H935] to thy grave[H6913] in a full age[H3624], Like as a shock of grain[H1430] cometh in[H5927] in its season[H6256].
27. Lo this[H2713], we have searched it[H8085], so it is; Hear it[H3045], and know thou it for thy good.
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