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5:1  Eliphaz: As for you, Job, feel free to call, but will anyone reply? Among His holy attendants, to whom will you turn?
5:2  Remember, anger kills off the foolish, and jealous indignation closes in on the simple for the kill.
5:3  I have seen a fool putting down roots, apparently succeeding, and immediately I cursed his house, knowing this brings destruction.
5:4  His children are far from safe, crushed in full view of the city’s gate with no defender nearby.
5:5  Hungry raiders consume his crops, harvesting even where the thorns stand guard while drifters and con-men target his wealth.
5:6  You see, sorrow is not a natural product of the soil, nor is trouble known to sprout up from the earth itself.
5:7  Still humankind is born into trouble, just as embers break loose and fly from the fire.
5:8  This is why, if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause at the feet of the Lord.
5:9  He does wonderful things that confound, infinite numbers of miracles.
5:10  He gives rain to the earth, sends down water to the fields;
5:11  He lifts up the downtrodden, bolsters the bereaved, raising them to safety.
5:12  He thwarts the plots of the devious and ties their hands to failure.
5:13  He catches the clever in their deceitful plotting so the plans of the crafty are swept away.
5:14  Their day turns to darkness; they grope at noon as they do in blackest night.
5:15  He saves the needy from the cutting sword, and from the perilous grip of the powerful.
5:16  So there is still hope for the helpless; and the mouth of injustice is muzzled.
5:17  Remember, a happy man accepts God’s correction, so don’t despise the discipline of the Highest God.
5:18  For the Lord may cut, but He stitches up; He may wound, but His hands also heal.
5:19  In six different perils, He will rescue you; even in seven, evil will not touch you;
5:20  In famine, He will save you from starvation; and in war, you won’t be run through with the sword;
5:21  In slanderous situations, you will go unharmed; in the face of chaotic destruction, you won’t tremble;
5:22  In violence and famine, you will laugh; in the presence of wild animals, you won’t quiver.
5:23  The stones of the field will sign a treaty with you, and you’ll enjoy a truce with the ravenous beasts.
5:24  You can rest knowing your tent is invincible; for when you visit your pastures, nothing will be missing.
5:25  Your children and their children will be abundant, as the blades of grass in the fields.
5:26  You will arrive hearty and undiminished at the grave after a long life, like a pile of grain harvested at its peak ripeness.
5:27  We’ve all thought this through. It’s true, and you should hear it. So hear it well, and know it completely.