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   (SEE 5:12)

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.