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JOB 5:1–5:27 ©

The Book of Job 5

5If you ask someone to judge between you and God, no one will agree to do that for you.

Not even an angel would have the authority or wisdom to judge your case.

2People who do not respect God get angry with God instead of considering how they have sinned.

Naïve people resent God when they do not get what they think they deserve.

Their anger and resentment lead them to disobey God, so that God punishes them severely and even kills them.

So respect God and do not be naïve!

3I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful.

But immediately I recognized that they would not prosper for long.

4Their children are never safe.

They always lose to their opponents in court

because no one defends them.

5People who do not respect God are not able to harvest the crops that they plant.

Poor people come and claim the grain—right to the edges of the field!

Yes, poor people see their crops and are glad to have them.

6After all, trouble does not come out of nowhere.

7No, people cause trouble for themselves throughout their lives.

This is as certain as the fact that sparks shoot up from a fire.

8If I were suffering as you are,

I would ask God for help

and trust God to help me.

9God does great things that we can not understand.

We can not even count the marvelous things that God does.

10God is the one who sends rain onto the earth

so that it waters our fields.

11God defends people who are humble.

He gives widows safe places to live.

12God keeps devious people from being able

to do what they plan.

13When people try cleverly to make others suffer,

God makes this cause suffering for them instead.

When people try to trick others,

God shows that it is a trick before it can fool the others.

14God keeps wicked people from knowing how to fulfill their plans.

It is as if the wicked people are always in the dark, even during the day,

and they need to feel around with their hands to try to find where to go.

15When powerful people threaten or accuse weak people,

God rescues the weak people.

He keeps the powerful people from harming them.

16Because they know that God will help them,

poor people can confidently expect that good things will happen to them.

God proves that they are innocent

when people accuse them falsely.

17Consider this: Anyone whom God corrects is better off because of it.

So you should be thankful that God is disciplining you.

18You should be thankful because

God allows people to suffer in order to correct them

and then he restores them.

19Whenever you are in trouble, God will keep rescuing you.

God will keep bad things from happening to you.

20When there is little food to eat, God will not allow you to starve to death.

When there is war, God will not allow your enemies to kill you.

21God will protect you when people say bad things about you.

God will protect you from things that could badly harm you.

22You will not worry about things like that

or about not having enough to eat.

You will not be afraid that wild animals will hurt you,

23because you will be confident that those wild animals will not attack you.

You will not have big rocks in your fields that make plowing difficult.

24You will know that things will go well for you in your home.

When you check on your animals, you will see that they are all there.

25You will be certain that you will have many descendants.

They will be as numerous as blades of grass.

26You will live a long life,

like grain that grows to become fully ripe before it is harvested.

27I can assure you that my friends and I have thought carefully about these things.

We know that they are true,

so please pay careful attention to what I have said!

You also will realize that it is true.”

JOB 5:1–5:27 ©

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