Job 5:6-18

6For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.

7Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

8“But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.

9He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.

10He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside.

11The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

12He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.

13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.

14Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.

15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.

16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

17“Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job

18For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.