Job 5:8-16

The Voice

⁸     This is why, if I were you, I would appeal to God;
        I would lay my cause at the feet of the Lord.
⁹     He does wonderful things that confound,
        infinite numbers of miracles.
¹⁰     He gives rain to the earth,
        sends down water to the fields;
¹¹     He lifts up the downtrodden, bolsters the bereaved,
        raising them to safety.
¹²     He thwarts the plots of the devious
        and ties their hands to failure.
¹³     He catches the clever in their deceitful plotting^[a]
        so the plans of the crafty are swept away.
¹⁴     Their day turns to darkness;
        they grope at noon as they do in blackest night.
¹⁵     He saves the needy from the cutting sword,
        and from the perilous grip of the powerful.
¹⁶     So there is still hope for the helpless;
        and the mouth of injustice is muzzled.