Job 5:1-13 ▼

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

2 For vexation kills the ignorant fool, And jealousy puts to death the simple.

3 I have seen the ignorant fool taking root, And I cursed his abode suddenly.

4 His sons are far from salvation, They are even crushed in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

5 His harvest the hungry devour And take it to a place of thorns, And the schemer pants after their wealth.

6 For wickedness does not come out from the dust, Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

7 For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward.

8 “But as for me, I would seek God, And I would set my cause before God,

9 Who does great and unsearchable things, Wonders without number.

10 He gives rain on the earth And sends water on the fields outside,

11 So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to salvation.

12 He frustrates the thoughts of the crafty, So that their hands cannot attain success of sound wisdom.

13 He catches the wise by their own craftiness, And the counsel of the twisted is quickly thwarted.