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God Is Just
1 “Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the AJob 15:15holy ones will you turn?
2 “For AProv 12:16; 27:3anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple.
3 “I have seen the AJer 12:2foolish taking root,
And I BJob 24:18; 31:30cursed his abode immediately.
4 “His AJob 4:11sons are far from safety,
They are even 1Lit crushedoppressed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.
5 “1Lit WhoseHis harvest the hungry devour
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the 2Ancient versions read thirstyAJob 18:8-10; 22:10schemer is eager for their wealth.
6 “For AJob 15:35affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
7 For AJob 14:1man is born for trouble,
As sparks fly upward.
8 “But as for me, I would AJob 13:2, 3; Ps 50:15seek God,
And I would place my cause before God;
9 Who AJob 9:10; 37:14, 16; 42:3does great and unsearchable things,
1Or MiraclesWonders without number.
10 “He AJob 36:27-29; 37:6-11; 38:26gives rain on the earth
And sends water on the fields,
11 So that AJob 22:29; 36:7He sets on high those who are lowly,
And those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 “He APs 33:10frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.
13 “He AJob 37:24; 1 Cor 3:19captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.
14 “By day they AJob 12:25; 15:30; 18:18; 20:26; 24:13meet with darkness,
And grope at noon as in the night.
15 “But He saves from AJob 4:10, 11; Ps 35:10the sword of their mouth,
And BJob 29:17; 34:28; 36:6, 15; 38:15the poor from the hand of the mighty.
16 “So the helpless has hope,
And APs 107:42unrighteousness must shut its mouth.
17 “Behold, how APs 94:12happy is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise the BJob 36:15, 16; Prov 3:11; Heb 12:5-11; James 1:12discipline of 1Heb Shaddai, and so throughout ch 6the Almighty.
He wounds, and His hands also heal.
Even in seven BPs 91:10evil will not touch you.
20 “In APs 33:19; 37:19famine He will redeem you from death,
And BPs 144:10in war from the power of the sword.
21 “You will be AJob 5:15; Ps 31:20hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
BPs 91:5, 6And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.
22 “You will AJob 8:21laugh at violence and famine,
BPs 91:13; Ezek 34:25; Hos 2:18And you will not be afraid of 1Lit beasts of the earthwild beasts.
23 “For you will be in league with the stones of the field,
And AIs 11:6-9; 65:25the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
24 “You will know that your AJob 8:6tent is secure,
For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.
And BIs 44:3, 4; 48:19your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 “You will AJob 42:17come 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.”
15:4 Lit crushed
15:5 Lit Whose
25:5 Ancient versions read thirsty
A5:9 Job 9:10; 37:14, 16; 42:3
15:9 Or Miracles
A5:10 Job 36:27-29; 37:6-11; 38:26
A5:14 Job 12:25; 15:30; 18:18; 20:26; 24:13
B5:15 Job 29:17; 34:28; 36:6, 15; 38:15
B5:17 Job 36:15, 16; Prov 3:11; Heb 12:5-11; James 1:12
15:17 Heb Shaddai, and so throughout ch 6
A5:18 Deut 32:39; 1 Sam 2:6; Is 30:26; Hos 6:1
15:18 Lit binds
15:19 Lit In
B5:22 Ps 91:13; Ezek 34:25; Hos 2:18
15:22 Lit beasts of the earth
15:25 Lit seed