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Job 5:1-9 Common English Bible (CEB)

1. Call out. Will anyone answer you?To which holy one will you turn?

2. Surely anger can kill the foolish;fury can kill the simple.

3. I’ve seen the foolish take rootand promptly curse their house.

4. Their children are far from safety,crushed in the gate without a deliverer.

5. The hungry devour their crops;it’s taken even from the thorns,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.

8. But I would seek God,put my case to God,

9. who does great things beyond comprehension,wonderful things without number;

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