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Will anyone answer you?</p><p class="poem">Which of the holy ones<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> will you turn to?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For anger kills a fool,</p><p class="poem">and jealousy slays the gullible.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I have seen a fool taking root,</p><p class="poem">but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>His children are far from safety.</p><p class="poem">They are crushed at the city gate,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">with no one to rescue them.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The hungry consume his harvest,</p><p class="poem">even taking it out of the thorns.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.5.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">The thirsty<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.5.5.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> pant for his children’s wealth.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For distress does not grow out of the soil,</p><p class="poem">and trouble does not sprout from the ground.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But humans are born for trouble<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">as surely as sparks fly upward.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>However, if I were you, I would appeal to God</p><p class="poem">and would present my case to him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He does great<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and unsearchable things,</p><p class="poem">wonders without number.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He gives rain to the earth</p><p class="poem">and sends water to the fields.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He sets the lowly on high,</p><p class="poem">and mourners are lifted to safety.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He frustrates the schemes of the crafty</p><p class="poem">so that they<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.5.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> achieve no success.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He traps the wise in their craftiness</p><p class="poem">so that the plans of the deceptive</p><p class="poem">are quickly brought to an end.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They encounter darkness by day,</p><p class="poem">and they grope at noon</p><p class="poem">as if it were night.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He saves the needy from their sharp words<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.5.15.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and from the clutches of the powerful.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So the poor have hope,</p><p class="poem">and injustice shuts its mouth.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>See how happy is the person whom God corrects;</p><p class="poem">so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For he wounds but he also bandages;</p><p class="poem">he strikes, but his hands also heal.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He will rescue you from six calamities;</p><p class="poem">no harm will touch you in seven.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>In famine he will redeem you from death,</p><p class="poem">and in battle, from the power of the sword.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>You will be safe from slander<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.5.21.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">and not fear destruction when it comes.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>You will laugh at destruction and hunger</p><p class="poem">and not fear the land’s wild creatures.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,</p><p class="poem">and the wild animals will be at peace with you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>You will know that your tent is secure,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and nothing will be missing when you inspect your home.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>You will also know that your offspring will be many</p><p class="poem">and your descendants like the grass of the earth.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>You will approach the grave<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in full vigor,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.5.26.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">as a stack of sheaves is gathered in its season.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.5.27" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>We have investigated this, and it is true!</p><p class="poem">Hear it and understand it for yourself.</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.5" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.5.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.5">5:5</a></span> Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Job.5.5.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.5">5:5</a></span> Aq, Sym, Syr, Vg; MT reads <span class="italic">snares</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.5.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.12">5:12</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">their hands</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.5.15.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.15">5:15</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">from the sword of their mouth</span> ; Ps 55:21; 59:7</aside><aside id="fn.Job.5.21.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.21">5:21</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">be hidden from the whip of the tongue</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.5" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.5.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.1">5:1</a></span> Jb 15:15; Ps 89:5–7; Dn 4:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.2">5:2</a></span> Pr 12:16; 14:18; 19:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.4">5:4</a></span> Jb 31:21; Pr 22:22; Is 29:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.7">5:7</a></span> Jb 4:8; 15:35; Is 59:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.8">5:8</a></span> Jb 13:18; 23:4; Lm 3:59</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.9">5:9</a></span> Jb 9:10; 37:5; Ps 71:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.9">5:9</a></span> Jb 42:5; Ps 40:5; 72:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.10">5:10</a></span> Jb 36:27–28; 38:26–28; Jr 14:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.11">5:11</a></span> 1Sm 2:7; Ps 113:6–7; Mt 5:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.13">5:13</a></span> Ps 9:15–16; Is 29:14; 1Co 3:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.14">5:14</a></span> Dt 28:29; Jb 12:25; Is 59:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.15">5:15</a></span> Ps 55:21; 59:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.16">5:16</a></span> Ps 63:11; 107:42; Rm 3:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.18">5:18</a></span> Dt 32:39; 1Sm 2:6; Hs 6:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.20">5:20</a></span> Ps 33:19; 37:19; 144:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.21">5:21</a></span> Ps 27:5; 31:20; 91:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.23">5:23</a></span> Ps 91:12; Ezk 34:25; Hs 2:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.24">5:24</a></span> Jb 8:6; 12:6; 21:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.26">5:26</a></span> Jb 3:22; 10:19; 17:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.5.26.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.5.26">5:26</a></span> Gn 15:15; 25:8; Jb 21:23</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.5" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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