Study Desk

His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!”

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.

If only that day had turned to darkness!May God above not care about it,or light shine on it.

Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden,whom God has hedged in?

“Can a mortal be righteous before God?Can a man be more pure than his Maker?”

If God puts no trust in his servantsand he charges his angels with foolishness,

See how happy is the person whom God corrects;so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.

If only my request would be grantedand God would provide what I hope for:

Does God pervert justice?Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

Such is the destiny of all who forget God;the hope of the godless will perish.

Look, God does not reject a person of integrity,and he will not support evildoers.

Yes, I know what you’ve said is true,but how can a person be justified before God?

If one wanted to take him to court,he could not answer God once in a thousand times.

God is wise and all-powerful.Who has opposed him and come out unharmed?

God does not hold back his anger;Rahab’s assistants cringe in fear beneath him!

I will say to God,“Do not declare me guilty!Let me know why you prosecute me.

But if only God would speakand open his lips against you!

He would show you the secrets of wisdom,for true wisdom has two sides.Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your iniquity.

I am a laughingstock to my friends,by calling on God, who answers me.The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

The tents of robbers are safe,and those who trouble God are secure;God holds them in his hands.