Job 5:8–27

⁸However, if I were you, I would appeal to God

and would present my case to him.^b

⁹He does great^c and unsearchable things,

wonders without number.^d

¹⁰He gives rain to the earth

and sends water to the fields.^e

¹¹He sets the lowly on high,

and mourners are lifted to safety.^f

¹²He frustrates the schemes of the crafty

so that they^C achieve no success.

¹³He traps the wise in their craftiness

so that the plans of the deceptive

are quickly brought to an end.^g

¹⁴They encounter darkness by day,

and they grope at noon

as if it were night.^h

¹⁵He saves the needy from their sharp wordsⁱ

and from the clutches of the powerful.

¹⁶So the poor have hope,

and injustice shuts its mouth.^j

¹⁷See how happy is the person whom God corrects;

so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.

¹⁸For he wounds but he also bandages;

he strikes, but his hands also heal.^k

¹⁹He will rescue you from six calamities;

no harm will touch you in seven.

²⁰In famine he will redeem you from death,

and in battle, from the power of the sword.^l

²¹You will be safe from slander^A

and not fear destruction when it comes.^m

²²You will laugh at destruction and hunger

and not fear the land’s wild creatures.

²³For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,

and the wild animals will be at peace with you.ⁿ

²⁴You will know that your tent is secure,^o

and nothing will be missing when you inspect your home.

²⁵You will also know that your offspring will be many

and your descendants like the grass of the earth.

²⁶You will approach the grave^p in full vigor,^q

as a stack of sheaves is gathered in its season.

²⁷We have investigated this, and it is true!

Hear it and understand it for yourself.