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5:1  Call out, Job. See if anyone answers. Is there any angel to whom you can turn?
5:2  To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.
5:3  I have seen fools who looked secure, but I called down a sudden curse on their homes.
5:4  Their children can never find safety; no one stands up to defend them in court.
5:5  Hungry people will eat the fool's crops— even the grain growing among thorns— and thirsty people will envy his wealth.
5:6  Evil does not grow in the soil, nor does trouble grow out of the ground.
5:7  No indeed! We bring trouble on ourselves, as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.
5:8  If I were you, I would turn to God and present my case to him.
5:9  We cannot understand the great things he does, and to his miracles there is no end.
5:10  He sends rain on the land and he waters the fields.
5:11  Yes, it is God who raises the humble and gives joy to all who mourn.
5:12  He upsets the plans of cunning people, and traps the wise in their own schemes, so that nothing they do succeeds;
5:13  He upsets the plans of cunning people, and traps the wise in their own schemes, so that nothing they do succeeds;
5:14  even at noon they grope in darkness.
5:15  But God saves the poor from death; he saves the needy from oppression.
5:16  He gives hope to the poor and silences the wicked.
5:17  Happy is the person whom God corrects! Do not resent it when he rebukes you.
5:18  God bandages the wounds he makes; his hand hurts you, and his hand heals.
5:19  Time after time he will save you from harm;
5:20  when famine comes, he will keep you alive, and in war protect you from death.
5:21  God will rescue you from slander; he will save you when destruction comes.
5:22  You will laugh at violence and hunger and not be afraid of wild animals.
5:23  The fields you plow will be free of rocks; wild animals will never attack you.
5:24  Then you will live at peace in your tent; when you look at your sheep, you will find them safe.
5:25  You will have as many children as there are blades of grass in a pasture.
5:26  Like wheat that ripens till harvest time, you will live to a ripe old age.
5:27  Job, we have learned this by long study. It is true, so now accept it.