Job 5:5-7

Common English Bible

⁵ The hungry devour^[a] their crops;
    it’s taken even from the thorns,^[b]
    and the thirsty pant after their yield.
⁶ Surely trouble doesn’t come from dust,
    nor does distress sprout from the ground.
⁷ Surely humans are born to distress,
    just as sparks rise up.