Job 5:8-20

8I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause: 9Who doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:12 10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:3 11To set on high those that are low; that those who mourn may be exalted to safety. 12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.4 13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. 14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noon as in the night.5 15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

17Behold, happyis the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 20In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.6