nsb - 5

nsb@Job:5:1 @ »Cry out! Is there anyone to answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

nsb@Job:5:2 @ »To be sure anger kills a stubborn fool. And jealousy murders a gullible person.

nsb@Job:5:3 @ »I have seen a stubborn fool take root and I quickly cursed his house.

nsb@Job:5:4 @ »His children are far from help. They are crushed at the court of justice at the city gate. No one is there to rescue them.

nsb@Job:5:5 @ »Hungry people eat what a stubborn fool gathers. They take it even from among the thorns. Thirsty people pant after his wealth.

nsb@Job:5:6 @ »Affliction does not come from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

nsb@Job:5:7 @ »A person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.

nsb@Job:5:8 @ »As for me, I would seek God's help and present my case to him.

nsb@Job:5:9 @ »He does great things that we cannot understand and miracles that we cannot count.

nsb@Job:5:10 @ »He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.

nsb@Job:5:11 @ »He sets on high the lowly people. He lifts those who mourn to safety.

nsb@Job:5:12 @ »He keeps shrewd people from carrying out their plans so that they cannot do anything successfully.

nsb@Job:5:13 @ »He catches the wise with their own craftiness. The plans of schemers are quickly halted.

nsb@Job:5:14 @ »They meet in darkness in the daytime! In bright sunlight they grope as if it were night.

nsb@Job:5:15 @ »He saves people from the sword of their mouth. He saves the needy from the power of the mighty.

nsb@Job:5:16 @ »The poor have hope when wrongdoing shuts its mouth.

nsb@Job:5:17 @ »Blessed is the person whom God corrects. Do not despise discipline from the Almighty.

nsb@Job:5:18 @ »God inflicts wounds and he bandages. He strikes but his hands make you well.

nsb@Job:5:19 @ »He will keep you safe from six troubles, and when the seventh one comes, no harm will touch you:

nsb@Job:5:20 @ »In famine he will save you from death, and in war he will save you from the sword.

nsb@Job:5:21 @ »You will be protected from the sharp tongue and you will not be afraid when destruction comes.

nsb@Job:5:22 @ »You will laugh at destruction and starvation. You will not be afraid of wild beasts.

nsb@Job:5:23 @ »You will have a binding agreement with the stones in the field, and wild animals will be at peace with you.

nsb@Job:5:24 @ You will know peace in your tent. You will inspect your house and find nothing missing.

nsb@Job:5:25 @ »You will find that your children are many and your descendants are like the grass of the earth.

nsb@Job:5:26 @ »You will come to your grave at a very old age like a stack of hay in its season.

nsb@Job:5:27 @ »We have studied all of this thoroughly! This is the way it is. Listen to it, and learn it for yourself.«

Job 5