Job 5
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Call now, if there be any that will
answer thee;
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and to which of the saints wilt thou
turn? |
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For wrath killeth the foolish man,
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and envy slayeth the silly
one. |
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I have seen the foolish taking root:
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but suddenly I cursed his
habitation. |
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His children are far from safety,
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and they are crushed in the gate, |
neither is there any to deliver them. |
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Whose harvest the hungry eateth up,
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and taketh it even out of the thorns, |
and the robber swalloweth up their
substance. |
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Although affliction cometh not forth of
the dust,
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neither doth trouble spring out of the
ground; |
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yet man is born unto trouble,
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as the sparks fly upward.
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I would seek unto God,
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and unto God would I commit my
cause: |
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which doeth great things and
unsearchable;
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marvelous things without
number: |
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who giveth rain upon the earth,
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and sendeth waters upon the
fields: |
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to set up on high those that be low;
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that those which mourn may be exalted to
safety. |
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He disappointeth the devices of the
crafty,
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so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. |
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He taketh the wise in their own
craftiness: 1 Cor. 3.19
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and the counsel of the froward is carried
headlong. |
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They meet with darkness in the
daytime,
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and grope in the noonday as in the
night. |
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But he saveth the poor from the
sword,
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from their mouth, and from the hand of the
mighty. |
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So the poor hath hope,
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and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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Behold, happy is the man whom God
correcteth:
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for he maketh sore, and bindeth up:
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he woundeth, and his hands make
whole. |
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He shall deliver thee in six
troubles:
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yea, in seven there shall no evil touch
thee. |
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In famine he shall redeem thee from
death:
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and in war from the power of the
sword. |
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Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the
tongue:
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neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it
cometh. |
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At destruction and famine thou shalt
laugh:
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neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the
earth. |
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For thou shalt be in league with the
stones of the field:
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and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with
thee. |
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And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace;
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and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not
sin. |
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Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great,
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and thine offspring as the grass of the
earth. |
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Thou shalt come to thy grave in a
full age,
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like as a shock of corn cometh in in his
season. |
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Lo this, we have searched it, so it is;
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hear it, and know thou it for thy
good. |
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