Job 5:8-16

New Century Version

⁸ “But if I were you, I would call on God
    and bring my problem before him.
⁹ God does wonders that cannot be understood;
    he does so many miracles they cannot be counted.
¹⁰ He gives rain to the earth
    and sends water on the fields.
¹¹ He makes the humble person important
    and lifts the sad to places of safety.
¹² He ruins the plans of those who trick others
    so they have no success.
¹³ He catches the wise in their own clever traps
    and sweeps away the plans of those who try to trick others.
¹⁴ Darkness covers them up in the daytime;
    even at noon they feel around in the dark.
¹⁵ God saves the needy from their lies
    and from the harm done by powerful people.
¹⁶ So the poor have hope,
    while those who are unfair are silenced.