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"Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of 1the holy ones will you turn?
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Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
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2I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
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His children are 3far from safety; they are crushed in 4the gate, and there is no one to deliver them.
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The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns,a and the thirsty pantb after hisc wealth.
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For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
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but man is 5born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.
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"As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause,
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he gives 9rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields;
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he 10sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
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He 11frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
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He 12catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
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They meet with darkness in the daytime and 13grope at noonday as in the night.
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But he 14saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty.
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So the poor have hope, and 15injustice shuts her mouth.
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
Jó 5:1
Chama agora; há alguém que te responda; E a qual dentre os entes santos te dirigirás?
King James Version KJV
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.
(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)