“1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of
the saints wilt thou turn? 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy
slayeth the silly one. 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but
suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety,
and they are crushed in the gate, neither [is there] any to deliver
[them]. 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of
the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.”
“6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth
trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the
sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit
my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things
without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters
upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those
which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of
the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform [their] enterprise. 13 He
taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward
is carried headlong. 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and
grope in the noonday as in the night. 15 But he saveth the poor from the
sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor
hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.”
“17 Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise
not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 18 For he maketh sore, and
bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 19 He shall deliver
thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 20
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of
the sword. 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither
shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 22 At destruction
and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts
of the earth. 23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the
field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 24 And
thou shalt know that thy tabernacle [shall be] in peace; and thou shalt
visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. 25 Thou shalt know also that
thy seed [shall be] great, and thine offspring as the grass of the
earth. 26 Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock
of corn cometh in in his season. 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it
[is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.” (Job 5:1-27 AV)
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