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Job 5:11-27

11So that he setteth up on highH4791 those that are lowH8217,And those that mournH6937 are exaltedH7682 to safetyH3468.12He frustrateth the devices of the craftyH6175,So that their handsH3027 cannot perform their enterprise.13He taketh the wiseH2450 in their own craftiness;And the counselH6098 of the cunning is carried headlong.14They meetH6298 with darknessH2822 in the day-time,And gropeH4959 at noonday as in the nightH3915.15But he saveth from the swordH2719 of their mouthH6310,Even the needyH34 from the handH3027 of the mightyH2389.16So the poorH1800 hath hopeH8615,And iniquity stoppeth her mouthH6310.17Behold, happy is the man whom GodH433 correcteth:Therefore despise not thou the chasteningH4148 of the AlmightyH7706.18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up;He woundeth, and his handsH3027 make whole.19He will deliverH5337 thee in sixH8337 troubles;Yea, in sevenH7651 there shall no evilH7451 touchH5060 thee.20In famineH7458 he will redeemH6299 thee from deathH4194;And in warH4421 from the power of the swordH2719.21Thou shalt be hidH2244 from the scourgeH7752 of the tongueH3956;Neither shalt thou be afraidH3372 of destructionH7701 when it cometh.22At destructionH7701 and dearth thou shalt laughH7832;Neither shalt thou be afraidH3372 of the beasts of the earthH776.23For thou shalt be in league with the stonesH68 of the fieldH7704;And the beasts of the fieldH7704 shall be at peace with thee.24And thou shalt knowH3045 that thy tentH168 is in peaceH7965;And thou shalt visitH6485 thy fold, and shalt missH6485 nothing.25Thou shalt knowH3045 also that thy seedH2233 shall be greatH7227,And thine offspringH2233 as the grassH6212 of the earthH776.26Thou shalt comeH935 to thy graveH6913 in a full age,Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.27Lo this, we have searchedH2713 it, so it is;HearH8085 it, and knowH3045 thou it for thy good.

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