Job 5

MSTC^{(i) 1} Name me one else, if thou can find any: yea, look about thee upon any of the holy men. ² As for the foolish man, displeasure killeth him; and anger slayeth the ignorant. ³ I have seen myself, when the foolish was deep rooted, that his beauty was suddenly destroyed, ⁴ that his children were without prosperity or health; that they were slain in the door, and no man to deliver them; ⁵ that his harvest was eaten up of the hungry; that the weaponed man had spoiled it, and that the thirsty had drunk up his riches. ⁶ "It is not the earth that bringeth forth travail, neither cometh sorrow out of the ground; ⁷ but it is man, that is born unto misery, like as the sparks fly up out of the hot coals. ⁸ But now will I speak of the LORD, and talk of God: ⁹ which doeth things, that are unsearchable, and marvelous without number. ¹⁰ Which giveth rain upon the earth, and poureth water upon all things; ¹¹ which setteth up them of low degree, and sendeth prosperity to those that are in heaviness; ¹² Which destroyeth the devices of the subtle, so that they are not able to perform the things that they take in hand; ¹³ which compasseth the wise in their own craftiness, and overthroweth the counsel of the wicked. ¹⁴ Insomuch that they run into darkness by fair day, and grope about them at the noonday, like as in the night. ¹⁵ And so he delivereth the poor from the sword, from the threatenings of the ungodly, and from the hand of the cruel; ¹⁶ that the poor may have hope, and that the mouth of the oppressor may be stopped. ¹⁷ "Behold, happy is the man whom God punisheth: therefore, despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. ¹⁸ For though he make a wound, he giveth a medicine again: though he smite, his hand maketh whole again. ¹⁹ He delivereth thee out of six troubles, so that in the seventh there can no harm touch thee. ²⁰ In the midst of hunger he saveth thee from death: and when it is war, from the power of the sword. ²¹ He shall keep thee from the perilous tongue so that when trouble cometh, thou shalt not need to fear. ²² In destruction and dearth thou shalt be merry, and shalt not be afraid for the beasts of the earth: ²³ But the castles in the land shall be confederate with thee, and the beasts of the field shall give thee peace. ²⁴ Yea, thou shalt know that thy dwelling place shall be in rest: thou shalt behold thy substance, and be no more punished for sin. ²⁵ Thou shalt see also, that thy seed shall increase, and that thy posterity shall be as the grass upon the earth. ²⁶ Thou shalt come to thy grave in a fair age, like as the corn sheaves are brought in to the barn in due season. ²⁷ Lo, this we ourselves have proved by experience, and even this it is. Hearken thou to it also, that thou mayest take heed to thyself."