Study Desk

If I were you, I would turn to God and present my case to him.

Yes, it is God who raises the humble and gives joy to all who mourn.

But God saves the poor from death; he saves the needy from oppression.

Happy is the person whom God corrects! Do not resent it when he rebukes you.

God bandages the wounds he makes; his hand hurts you, and his hand heals.

God will rescue you from slander; he will save you when destruction comes.

Almighty God has shot me with arrows, and their poison spreads through my body. God has lined up his terrors against me.

Why won't God give me what I ask? Why won't he answer my prayer?

If I knew he would, I would leap for joy, no matter how great my pain. I know that God is holy; I have never opposed what he commands.

In trouble like this I need loyal friends— whether I've forsaken God or not.

Remember, O God, my life is only a breath; my happiness has already ended.

God never twists justice; he never fails to do what is right.

Your children must have sinned against God, and so he punished them as they deserved.

But turn now and plead with Almighty God;

if you are so honest and pure, then God will come and help you and restore your household as your reward.

All the wealth you lost will be nothing compared with what God will give you then.

Godless people are like those reeds; their hope is gone, once God is forgotten.

But God will never abandon the faithful or ever give help to evil people.

Yes, I've heard all that before. But how can a human being win a case against God? <

God is so wise and powerful; no one can stand up against him.