Job 5:1-7

Living Bible

5 “They cry for help but no one listens; they turn to their gods, but none gives them aid. ² They die in helpless frustration, overcome by their own anger. ³ Those who turn from God may be successful for the moment, but then comes sudden disaster. ⁴ Their children are cheated, with no one to defend them. ⁵ Their harvests are stolen, and their wealth slakes the thirst of many others, not themselves! ⁶ Misery comes upon them to punish them for sowing seeds of sin. ⁷ Mankind heads for sin and misery as predictably as flames shoot upwards from a fire.