Job 5

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Job 5

God Is Just

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“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the ^(A)holy ones will you turn?

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“For ^(B)anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple.

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“I have seen the ^(C)foolish taking root,
And I ^(D)cursed his abode immediately.

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“His ^(E)sons are far from safety,
They are even ^(a)oppressed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.

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“^(b)His harvest the hungry devour
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the ^(c)^(F)schemer is eager for their wealth.

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“For ^(G)affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

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For ^(H)man is born for trouble,
As sparks fly upward.

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“But as for me, I would ^(I)seek God,
And I would place my cause before God;

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Who ^(J)does great and unsearchable things,
^(d)Wonders without number.

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“He ^(K)gives rain on the earth
And sends water on the fields,

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So that ^(L)He sets on high those who are lowly,
And those who mourn are lifted to safety.

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“He ^(M)frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.

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“He ^(N)captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

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“By day they ^(O)meet with darkness,
And grope at noon as in the night.

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“But He saves from ^(P)the sword of their mouth,
And ^(Q)the poor from the hand of the mighty.

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“So the helpless has hope,
And ^(R)unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

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“Behold, how ^(S)happy is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise the ^(T)discipline of ^(e)the Almighty.

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“For ^(U)He inflicts pain, and ^(f)gives relief;
He wounds, and His hands also heal.

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“^(g)From six troubles ^(V)He will deliver you,
Even in seven ^(W)evil will not touch you.

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“In ^(X)famine He will redeem you from death,
And ^(Y)in war from the power of the sword.

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“You will be ^(Z)hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
^(AA)And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.

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“You will ^(AB)laugh at violence and famine,
^(AC)And you will not be afraid of ^(h)wild beasts.

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“For you will be in league with the stones of the field,
And ^(AD)the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

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“You will know that your ^(AE)tent is secure,
For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.

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“You will know also that your ⁽ⁱ⁾^(AF)descendants will be many,
And ^(AG)your offspring as the grass of the earth.

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“You will ^(AH)come to the grave in full vigor,
Like the stacking of grain in its season.

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“Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is.
Hear it, and know for yourself.”

Footnotes:

a. Job 5:4: ['Lit ', crushed]

b. Job 5:5: ['Lit ', Whose]

c. Job 5:5: ['Ancient versions read ', thirsty]

d. Job 5:9: ['Or ', Miracles]

e. Job 5:17: ['Heb ', Shaddai, ', and so throughout ch 6']

f. Job 5:18: ['Lit ', binds]

g. Job 5:19: ['Lit ', In]

h. Job 5:22: ['Lit ', beasts of the earth]

i. Job 5:25: ['Lit ', seed]

Cross references:

A. Job 5:1: Job 15:15

B. Job 5:2: Proverbs 12:16; Proverbs 27:3

C. Job 5:3: Jeremiah 12:2

D. Job 5:3: Job 24:18; Job 31:30

E. Job 5:4: Job 4:11

F. Job 5:5: Job 18:8-10; Job 22:10

G. Job 5:6: Job 15:35

H. Job 5:7: Job 14:1

I. Job 5:8: Job 13:2; Job 13:3; Psalm 50:15

J. Job 5:9: Job 9:10; Job 37:14; Job 37:16; Job 42:3

K. Job 5:10: Job 36:27-29; Job 37:6-11; Job 38:26

L. Job 5:11: Job 22:29; Job 36:7

M. Job 5:12: Psalm 33:10

N. Job 5:13: Job 37:24; 1 Corinthians 3:19

O. Job 5:14: Job 12:25; Job 15:30; Job 18:18; Job 20:26; Job 24:13

P. Job 5:15: Job 4:10; Job 4:11; Psalm 35:10

Q. Job 5:15: Job 29:17; Job 34:28; Job 36:6; Job 36:15; Job 38:15

R. Job 5:16: Psalm 107:42

S. Job 5:17: Psalm 94:12

T. Job 5:17: Job 36:15; Job 36:16; Proverbs 3:11; Hebrews 12:5-11; James 1:12

U. Job 5:18: Deuteronomy 32:39; 1 Samuel 2:6; Isaiah 30:26; Hosea 6:1

V. Job 5:19: Psalm 34:19

W. Job 5:19: Psalm 91:10

X. Job 5:20: Psalm 33:19; Psalm 37:19

Y. Job 5:20: Psalm 144:10

Z. Job 5:21: Job 5:15; Psalm 31:20

AA. Job 5:21: Psalm 91:5; Psalm 91:6

AB. Job 5:22: Job 8:21

AC. Job 5:22: Psalm 91:13; Ezekiel 34:25; Hosea 2:18

AD. Job 5:23: Isaiah 11:6-9; Isaiah 65:25

AE. Job 5:24: Job 8:6

AF. Job 5:25: Psalm 112:2

AG. Job 5:25: Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 44:4; Isaiah 48:19

AH. Job 5:26: Job 42:17