1 Call now if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.

2 Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.

3 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.

4 His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.

5 Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.

6 Nothing upon earth is done without a voice cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground.

7 Man is born to labour and the bird to fly.

8 Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:

9 Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:

10 Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:

Job 5:1-10, Douay-Rheims Bible. Public domain.
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