Job 5:8-16
Christian Standard Bible
8 However, if I were you, I would appeal to God
and would present my case to him.(A)
9 He does great(B) and unsearchable things,
wonders without number.(C)
10 He gives rain to the earth
and sends water to the fields.(D)
11 He sets the lowly on high,
and mourners are lifted to safety.(E)
12 He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they[a] achieve no success.
13 He traps the wise in their craftiness
so that the plans of the deceptive
are quickly brought to an end.(F)
14 They encounter darkness by day,
and they grope at noon
as if it were night.(G)
15 He saves the needy from their sharp words[b](H)
and from the clutches of the powerful.
16 So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.(I)
Job 5:8-16
New Living Translation
8 “If I were you, I would go to God
and present my case to him.
9 He does great things too marvelous to understand.
He performs countless miracles.
10 He gives rain for the earth
and water for the fields.
11 He gives prosperity to the poor
and protects those who suffer.
12 He frustrates the plans of schemers
so the work of their hands will not succeed.
13 He traps the wise in their own cleverness
so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
14 They find it is dark in the daytime,
and they grope at noon as if it were night.
15 He rescues the poor from the cutting words of the strong,
and rescues them from the clutches of the powerful.
16 And so at last the poor have hope,
and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut.
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