Study Desk

"Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

"Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the counsel of the wicked and ungodly is far from me.

"From the [populous and crowded] city men groan, And the souls of the wounded cry out for help; Yet God [seemingly] does not pay attention to the wrong [done to them].

"Yet God draws away the mighty by His power; He rises, but no one has assurance of life.

"Yet these are just the fringes of His ways [mere samples of His power], The faintest whisper of His voice! Who can contemplate the thunder of His [full] mighty power?"

Elihu's anger burned against Job's three friends because they had found no answer [and were unable to determine Job's error], and yet they had condemned Job and declared him to be in the wrong [and responsible for his own afflictions].

"For God speaks once, And even twice, yet no one notices it [including you, Job].

"Even though you say that you do not see Him [when missing His righteous judgment on earth], Yet your case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!

"Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you, That there is yet more to say on God's behalf.

"Behold, God is mighty, and yet does not despise anyone [nor regard any as trivial]; He is mighty in the strength and power of understanding.

"Yet when she lifts herself on high, [So swift is she that] she laughs at the horse and his rider.

"He looks on everything that is high [without terror]; He is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job, who are you who does not dare to disturb the beast, yet who dares resist Me, the beast's creator? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore, who can have a claim against God?]"

"Yet as for Me, I have anointed and firmly installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain."

Worship the LORD and serve Him with reverence [with awe-inspired fear and submissive wonder]; Rejoice [yet do so] with trembling.

Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

Yet their voice [in quiet evidence] has gone out through all the earth, Their words to the end of the world. In them and in the heavens He has made a tent for the sun,

Yet You are He who pulled me out of the womb; You made me trust when on my mother's breasts.

They will come and declare His righteousness To a people yet to be born—that He has done it [and that it is finished].

Although my father and my mother have abandoned me, Yet the LORD will take me up [adopt me as His child].

For yet a little while and the wicked one will be gone [forever]; Though you look carefully where he used to be, he will not be [found].