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17"Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
18For he wounds, but he binds up; he smites, but his hands heal.
19He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven there shall no evil touch you.
20In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
21You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
22At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.
23For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24You shall know that your tent is safe, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
25You shall know also that your descendants shall be many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season.
27Lo, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good."
Job 5:17-27 (RSV)
