Job

¹ “Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

² And jealousy puts to death the simple.

³ And I cursed his abode suddenly.

⁴ They are even crushed in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

⁵ And take it to a place of thorns, And the schemer pants after their wealth.

⁶ Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

⁷ As sparks fly upward.

⁸ And I would set my cause before God,

⁹ Wonders without number.

¹⁰ And sends water on the fields outside,

¹¹ And those who mourn are lifted to salvation.

¹² So that their hands cannot attain success of sound wisdom.

¹³ And the counsel of the twisted is quickly thwarted.

¹⁴ And grope at noon as in the night.

¹⁵ And the needy from the hand of the strong.

¹⁶ And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

¹⁷ So do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.

¹⁸ He wounds, and His hands also heal.

¹⁹ Even in seven evil will not touch you.

²⁰ And in war from hands with swords.

²¹ And you will not be afraid of devastation when it comes.

²² And you will not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

²³ And the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

²⁴ For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.

²⁵ And your offspring as the vegetation of the land.

²⁶ Like the stacking of grain in its season.

²⁷ Hear it, and know for yourself.”