Study Desk

It is God who directs the lives of his creatures; everyone's life is in his power.

God is strong and always victorious; both deceived and deceiver are in his power.

Are you trying to defend him? Are you going to argue his case in court?

and his power will fill you with terror.

Why, God does not trust even his angels; even they are not pure in his sight.

In the old proverb someone betrays his friends for money, and his children suffer for it.

I protest his violence, but no one is listening; no one hears my cry for justice.

God is angry and rages against me; he treats me like his worst enemy.

He sends his army to attack me; they dig trenches and lay siege to my tent.

The wicked tell God to leave them alone; they don't want to know his will for their lives.

You claim God punishes a child for the sins of his father. No! Let God punish the sinners themselves; let him show that he does it because of their sins.

To make a brother repay you the money he owed, you took away his clothes and left him nothing to wear.

Accept the teaching he gives; keep his words in your heart.

Would God use all his strength against me? No, he would listen as I spoke.

I always do what God commands; I follow his will, not my own desires.

The adulterer waits for twilight to come; he covers his face so that no one can see him.

God, in his strength, destroys the mighty; God acts—and the wicked die.

God is powerful; all must stand in awe of him; he keeps his heavenly kingdom in peace. <

In his eyes even the moon is not bright, or the stars pure.

The world of the dead lies open to God; no covering shields it from his sight.