Job 5:8-20

8“But I would seek God’s help and present my case to him.

9He does great things that ⌞we⌟ cannot understand and miracles that ⌞we⌟ cannot count.

10He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.

11He places lowly people up high. He lifts those who mourn to safety.

12He keeps shrewd people from carrying out their plans so that they cannot do anything successfully.

13He catches the wise with their own tricks. The plans of schemers prove to be hasty.

14In the daytime they meet darkness and grope in the sunlight as if it were night.

15“But he saves ⌞other people⌟ from their slander and the needy from the power of the mighty.

16Then the poor have hope while wrongdoing shuts its mouth.

17“Blessed is the person whom God corrects. That person should not despise discipline from the Almighty.

18God injures, but he bandages. He beats you up, but his hands make you well.

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

20“In famine he will save you from death, and in war he will save you from the sword.