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And to which of the holy ones do you turn?<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For provocation slays the perverse, "" And envy puts to death the simple,<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I have seen the perverse taking root, "" And I mark his habitation straight away,<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>His sons are far from safety, "" And they are bruised in the gate, "" And there is no deliverer.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Whose harvest the hungry eat, "" And even take it from the thorns, "" And the designing swallowed their wealth.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For sorrow does not come forth from the dust, "" Nor does misery spring up from the ground.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For man is born to misery, "" And the sparks go high to fly.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Yet I inquire for God, "" And for God I give my word,<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, until there is no numbering.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Who is giving rain on the face of the land, "" And is sending waters on the out-places.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>To set the low on a high place, "" And the mourners have been high [in] safety.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Making void thoughts of the cunning, "" And their hands do not execute wisdom.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Capturing the wise in their subtlety, "" And the counsel of wrestling ones was hurried,<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>By day they meet darkness, "" And as night—they grope at noon.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth, "" And from a strong hand,<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And there is hope for the poor, "" And perverseness has shut her mouth.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Behold, the blessedness of mortal man, "" God reproves him: And do not despise the discipline of the Mighty,<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For He pains, and He binds up, "" He strikes, and His hands heal.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>In six distresses He delivers you, "" And in seven evil does not strike on you.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>In famine He has redeemed you from death, "" And in battle from the hands of the sword.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>When the tongue scourges you are hid, "" And you are not afraid of destruction, "" When it comes.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>At destruction and at hunger you mock, "" And of the beast of the earth, "" You are not afraid.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>(For with sons of the field [is] your covenant, "" And the beast of the field "" Has been at peace with you.)<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And you have known that your tent [is] peace, "" And inspected your habitation, and do not err,<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And have known that your seed [is] numerous, "" And your offspring as the herb of the earth;<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>You come in full age to the grave, "" As the going up of a stalk in its season.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Behold, this—we searched it out—it [is] right, listen; And you, know for yourself!”<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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