Job 5
La Palabra (España)
5 Anda, grita, a ver quién te responde,
¿a qué santo vas ahora a recurrir?
2 Al necio lo mata el despecho,
y al simple lo remata la envidia.
3 He visto a un necio echar raíces
y de pronto hundirse su morada,
4 a sus hijos metidos en problemas,
acosados en un juicio, sin defensa.
5 El hambriento devorará su cosecha
—Dios se la quitará de entre los dientes—
y el sediento beberá sus bienes.
6 Pues la desgracia no germina del polvo,
ni brota de la tierra el sufrimiento;
7 nace para el dolor el ser humano
como las chispas que se alzan volando.
8 Yo que tú apelaría a Dios,
confiaría a Dios mi causa.
9 Él hace prodigios misteriosos,
realiza maravillas sin cuento:
10 derrama lluvia sobre la tierra,
envía el agua a los campos;
11 pone a los humildes en lo alto,
en lugar seguro a los afligidos;
12 frustra los planes del astuto,
hace que fracasen sus intrigas;
13 enreda en su astucia a los sabios,
arruina los planes tortuosos;
14 en pleno día se topan con tinieblas,
van a tientas lo mismo que de noche.
15 Pero salva al pobre de lenguas afiladas,
lo libra de manos opresoras;
16 así el indigente vive con esperanza,
pues la maldad cierra su boca.
17 ¡Dichoso aquel a quien Dios corrige!
No rechaces la lección del Todopoderoso,
18 porque hiere, pero pone la venda,
golpea, pero él mismo cura.
19 Seis veces te salva de apuros
y a la séptima te evita los males;
20 no te dejará morir en plena carestía,
en plena refriega te librará de la espada;
21 te pondrá a salvo del azote de la lengua,
sin miedo a que se cierna el desastre.
22 Te reirás de carestías y desastres,
no tendrás miedo a las fieras salvajes;
23 pactarás con los espíritus del campo,
tendrás paz con las bestias salvajes;
24 disfrutarás de la paz de tu tienda,
verás prosperar tus propiedades;
25 conocerás una numerosa progenie,
nutrida como la hierba del campo;
26 bajarás a la tumba ya maduro,
como manojo de trigo en sazón.
27 Hemos comprobado que todo esto es cierto;
haz caso y aprende la lección.
Job 5
New International Version
5 “Call if you will, but who will answer you?(A)
To which of the holy ones(B) will you turn?
2 Resentment(C) kills a fool,
and envy slays the simple.(D)
3 I myself have seen(E) a fool taking root,(F)
but suddenly(G) his house was cursed.(H)
4 His children(I) are far from safety,(J)
crushed in court(K) without a defender.(L)
5 The hungry consume his harvest,(M)
taking it even from among thorns,
and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 For hardship does not spring from the soil,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground.(N)
7 Yet man is born to trouble(O)
as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 “But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
I would lay my cause before him.(P)
9 He performs wonders(Q) that cannot be fathomed,(R)
miracles that cannot be counted.(S)
10 He provides rain for the earth;(T)
he sends water on the countryside.(U)
11 The lowly he sets on high,(V)
and those who mourn(W) are lifted(X) to safety.
12 He thwarts the plans(Y) of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.(Z)
13 He catches the wise(AA) in their craftiness,(AB)
and the schemes of the wily are swept away.(AC)
14 Darkness(AD) comes upon them in the daytime;
at noon they grope as in the night.(AE)
15 He saves the needy(AF) from the sword in their mouth;
he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.(AG)
16 So the poor(AH) have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.(AI)
17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects;(AJ)
so do not despise the discipline(AK) of the Almighty.[a](AL)
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;(AM)
he injures, but his hands also heal.(AN)
19 From six calamities he will rescue(AO) you;
in seven no harm will touch you.(AP)
20 In famine(AQ) he will deliver you from death,
and in battle from the stroke of the sword.(AR)
21 You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,(AS)
and need not fear(AT) when destruction comes.(AU)
22 You will laugh(AV) at destruction and famine,(AW)
and need not fear the wild animals.(AX)
23 For you will have a covenant(AY) with the stones(AZ) of the field,
and the wild animals will be at peace with you.(BA)
24 You will know that your tent is secure;(BB)
you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.(BC)
25 You will know that your children will be many,(BD)
and your descendants like the grass of the earth.(BE)
26 You will come to the grave in full vigor,(BF)
like sheaves gathered in season.(BG)
Footnotes
- Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job
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