1“Job, it is okay that you continue to cry out for someone to help you,
2Foolish people die because of being ◄resentful/very angry at someone►;
3I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous,
4Their sons are never safe;
5Hungry people steal the crops that foolish people harvest, and eat those crops;
6But evil circumstances/sufferings are not produced by the soil;
7People have troubles from the time that they are born
8“If I were suffering like you are, I would ask God for help
9He does great things, things that we cannot understand;
10He sends rain on the ground;
11He exalts those who are humble,
12He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do,
13He causes people who think that they [IRO] are wise to be trapped by the cunning things they try to do,
14It is as though even in the daytime they are covered by darkness,
15But God saves helpless people from being harmed by what wicked people say [MTY],
16So, poor people confidently expect that good things will happen to them
17“But those whom God corrects/rebukes are happy;
18He wounds people, but then he puts bandages on those wounds;
19He will rescue you many times from your troubles,
20When there is a famine, he will not allow you to die,
21God will protect you when people slander [MTY] you;
22You will be able to laugh/scoff when things are destroyed and when there is famine,
23You will not worry about having big rocks in your fields that will make plowing difficult,
24In your tent, you will know that things will go well for you,
25You will be sure that you will have many descendants,
26You will become very old before you die,
27“My friends and I have thought carefully about these things, and we know that they are true,