Study Desk

God brought you out of trouble, and let you enjoy security; your table was piled high with food.

No one can tell God what to do or accuse him of doing evil.

It is God who takes water from the earth and turns it into drops of rain.

No one knows how the clouds move or how the thunder roars through the sky, where God dwells.

Listen, all of you, to the voice of God, to the thunder that comes from his mouth.

The breath of God freezes the waters, and turns them to solid ice.

as they move at God's will. They do all that God commands, everywhere throughout the world.

God sends rain to water the earth; he may send it to punish us, or to show us his favor.

Pause a moment, Job, and listen; consider the wonderful things God does.

Do you know how God gives the command and makes lightning flash from the clouds?

Can you help God stretch out the sky and make it as hard as polished metal?

Teach us what to say to God; our minds are blank; we have nothing to say.

I won't ask to speak with God; why should I give him a chance to destroy me?

A golden glow is seen in the north, and the glory of God fills us with awe.

Job, you challenged Almighty God; will you give up now, or will you answer?

Happy are those who reject the advice of evil people, who do not follow the example of sinners or join those who have no use for God.

Sinners will be condemned by God and kept apart from God's own people.

They talk about me and say, "God will not help him."

Come, Lord ! Save me, my God! You punish all my enemies and leave them powerless to harm me.

Answer me when I pray, O God, my defender! When I was in trouble, you helped me. Be kind to me now and hear my prayer.