Job 5:1-7

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5 “Call if you want to, Job, ·but no one [^Lis there anyone who…?] will answer you.
    ·You can’t [^LCan you…?] turn to any of the holy ones [^Cangels].
² ·Anger [Irritation] kills the fool,
    and jealousy slays the ·stupid [or naïve; simpleminded; ^Cthese emotions can lead to death; Prov. 14:30; 27:4].
³ I have seen a fool ·succeed [^Ltaking root],
    but I cursed his ·home [household; pasturage] ·immediately [suddenly].
⁴ His children are far from safety
    and are crushed in court with no ·defense [or rescuer].
⁵ The hungry eat his harvest,
    even taking what grew among the thorns,
    and thirsty people ·want [^Lpant after] his wealth.
⁶ ·Hard times do [Misery does] not come up from the ·ground [dust],
    and trouble does not ·grow [sprout] from the earth [^Cthey come from anger and jealousy].
⁷ People ·produce [^Lare born for] trouble
    as surely as sparks fly upward.