Gióp 5

Eliphaz: no one will answer you

¹Call out, then; is there anyone who will answer you? \q To which of the holy ones will you turn? ²For resentment kills the fool, \q and envy slays the simple. ³I myself have seen a fool putting down roots, \q but suddenly I declared his home cursed.^{a 4}His children are far from safety; \q they are crushed in the court at the gate, \q with no one to rescue them. ⁵The hungry eat up his harvest, \q taking it even from among the thorns, \q and a trap lies open for their wealth.^{b 6}Hardship does not spring up from the dust, \q and trouble does not sprout from the soil. ⁷No, human beings are born to trouble, \q as sparks fly upward.^{c 8}But as for me, I would turn to God \q and lay my case before God. ⁹He does great things beyond understanding, \q wonders that cannot be counted. ¹⁰He gives rain to the earth \q and sends water on the fields. ¹¹He sets the lowly on high, \q and those who mourn are lifted to safety. ¹²He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, \q so that their hands achieve nothing. ¹³He catches the wise in their own cunning, \q and the schemes of the devious are swept away. ¹⁴In the daytime they run into darkness, \q and at noon they grope as if it were night. ¹⁵But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouths \q and from the grip of the powerful. ¹⁶So the poor have hope, \q and injustice shuts its mouth. ¹⁷How blessed is the one whom God corrects! \q So do not reject the discipline of the Almighty. ¹⁸For he wounds, but he also binds up; \q he strikes, but his hands heal. ¹⁹He will rescue you from six troubles; \q in seven, no harm will touch you. ²⁰In famine he will redeem you from death, \q and in war from the power of the sword. ²¹You will be sheltered from the lash of the tongue, \q and you will not fear destruction when it comes. ²²You will laugh at destruction and hunger, \q and you need not fear the wild animals of the earth. ²³For you will be in covenant with the stones of the field, \q and the wild animals will be at peace with you. ²⁴You will know that your home is secure; \q you will look over your property and find nothing missing. ²⁵You will know that your offspring will be many, \q your descendants like the grass of the earth. ²⁶You will come to your grave in full vigor, \q like sheaves gathered in at harvest time. ²⁷We have looked into all this, and it is true. \q So hear it and know it for your own good.