Job 5

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Call now! Will anyone respond to you? To which of the holy ones will you appeal?	1 "Call now; is there any one who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 Nay, impatience kills the fool and indignation slays the simpleton.	2 Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
3 I have seen a fool spreading his roots, but his household suddenly decayed.	3 I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
4 His children shall be far from safety; they shall be crushed at the gate without a rescuer.	4 His sons are far from safety, they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them.
5 What they have reaped the hungry shall eat up; (or God shall take it away by blight;) and the thirsty shall swallow their substance.	5 His harvest the hungry eat, and he takes it even out of thorns; and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 For mischief comes not out of the earth, nor does trouble spring out of the ground;	6 For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground;
7 But man himself begets mischief, as sparks fly upward.	7 but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.
8 In your place, I would appeal to God, and to God I would state my plea.	8 "As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause;
9	9 who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:
10 He gives rain upon the earth and sends water upon the fields;	10 he gives rain upon the earth and sends waters upon the fields;
11 He sets up on high the lowly, and those who mourn he exalts to safety.	11 he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 He frustrates the plans of the cunning, so that their hands achieve no success;	12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
13 He catches the wise in their own ruses, and the designs of the crafty are routed.	13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and at noonday they grope as though it were night.	14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15 But the poor from the edge of the sword and from the hand of the mighty, he saves.	15 But he saves the fatherless from their mouth, the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 Thus the unfortunate have hope, and iniquity closes her mouth.	16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
17 Happy is the man whom God reproves! The Almighty's chastening do not reject.	17 "Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For he wounds, but he binds up; he smites, but his hands give healing.	18 For he wounds, but he binds up; he smites, but his hands heal.
19 Out of six troubles he will deliver you, and at the seventh no evil shall touch you.	19 He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven there shall no evil touch you.
20 In famine he will deliver you from death, and in war from the threat of the sword;	20 In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
21 From the scourge of the tongue you shall be hidden, and shall not fear approaching ruin.	21 You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
22 At destruction and want you shall laugh; the beasts of the earth you need not dread.	22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.
23 You shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the wild beasts shall be at peace with you.	23 For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 And you shall know that your tent is secure; taking stock of your household, you shall miss nothing.	24 You shall know that your tent is safe, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
25 You shall know that your descendants are many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.	25 You shall know also that your descendants shall be many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 You shall approach the grave in full vigor, as a shock of grain comes in at its season.	26 You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season.
27 Lo, this we have searched out; so it is! This we have heard, and you should know.	27 Lo, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good."