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          DASV: Job 5    

1 Call now. Is there anyone who will answer you?
     To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For anger kills the foolish,
     and jealousy slays the simple.
3 I have seen the fool taking root,
     but suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.
4 His children are far from safety,
     they are crushed in court at the gate,
     and there is no one to deliver them.
5 The hungry eat up his harvest,
     and they take it even from the thorns,
     and the thirsty pant for their wealth.
6 For affliction does not just grow from the dust,
     nor does trouble sprout out of the ground;
7 but man is born for trouble,
     as surely as sparks fly upward.

8 If I were you, I would seek God,
     and would present my case to God.
9 He does great and unsearchable things,
     marvelous things without number.
10 He gives rain on the earth,
     and sends water on the fields.
11 He sets on high those who are lowly,
     and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 He frustrates the schemes of the crafty,
     so that their hands cannot accomplish their plans.
13 He traps the shrewd in their own craftiness,
     and the schemes of the cunning are brought to a quick demise.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime,
     and grope at noonday as if it were night.
15 But he rescues the needy from the sword of their mouth,
     even the poor from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor have hope,
     and injustice shuts her mouth.

17 Blessed is the one whom God corrects,
     therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For while he wounds,
      he also bandages up;
     He cuts to pieces,
     but his hands also heal.
19 He will rescue you from six disasters,
     yes, even in seven no evil will touch you.
20 In famine he will redeem you from death,
     and in war from the power of the sword.
21 You will be hid from the scourge of the tongue,
     and you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine,
     and you will not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 For you will have an agreement with the stones of the field,
     and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
24 You will know that your tent is safe.
     You will inspect your sheepfold,
     and there will be nothing missing.
25 You will realize that your descendants will be many,
     and your offspring like the grass of the earth.
26 You will come to your grave in a full age,
     like stacks of grain harvested in its season.
27 We have checked it out, and this is true,
     listen to it and apply it to yourself."

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