Job 5  Legacy Standard Bible

⁸ “But as for me, I would ^(I)seek God,
And I would set my cause before God,
⁹ Who ^(J)does great and unsearchable things,
^[d]Wonders without number.
¹⁰ He ^(K)gives rain on the earth
And sends water on the fields outside,
¹¹ So that ^(L)He sets on high those who are lowly,
And those who mourn are lifted to salvation.
¹² He ^(M)frustrates the thoughts of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot attain success of sound wisdom.
¹³ He ^(N)catches the wise by their own craftiness,
And the counsel of the twisted is quickly thwarted.
¹⁴ By day they ^(O)meet with darkness
And grope at noon as in the night.
¹⁵ But He saves from ^(P)the sword of their mouth,
And ^(Q)the needy from the hand of the strong.
¹⁶ So the poor has hope,
And ^(R)unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

¹⁷ “Behold, how ^(S)blessed is the man whom God reproves,
So do not reject the ^(T)discipline of the ^[e]Almighty.
¹⁸ For ^(U)He inflicts pain and ^[f]gives relief;
He ^[g]wounds, and His hands also heal.
^19 [h]From six distresses ^(V)He will deliver you,
Even in seven ^(W)evil will not touch you.
²⁰ In ^(X)famine He will redeem you from death,
And ^(Y)in war from hands with swords.
²¹ You will be ^(Z)hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
^(AA)And you will not be afraid of devastation when it comes.
²² You will ^(AB)laugh at devastation and starvation,
^(AC)And you will not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
²³ For your covenant will be with the stones of the field,
And ^(AD)the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
²⁴ You will know that your ^(AE)tent is at peace,
For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.
²⁵ You will know also that your ^(AF)seed will be many,
And ^(AG)your offspring as the vegetation of the land.
²⁶ You will ^(AH)come to the grave in full vigor,
Like the stacking of grain in its season.
²⁷ Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is.
Hear it, and know for yourself.”