Study Desk

"Indeed, does anyone say to God, ‘I have endured chastisement; I will not act corruptly again;

for he adds transgression to his sin; he claps hands among us, and he multiplies his words against God.'"

"Do you think this is justice when you say, ‘I am right before God'?

But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

"Surely God does not hear an empty plea, and Shaddai does not regard it.

Look, God is mighty but does not despise anyone; he is mighty and good in understanding.

"Look, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?

"Look, God is exalted, and we do not know him; the number of his years is unsearchable.

"God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things, and we cannot comprehend.

Do you know how God commands them and how he causes his cloud's lightning to shine?

From the north comes gold— awesome majesty is around God.

when the morning stars were singing together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Who prepares for the crow its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and they wander around for lack of food?

because God made it forget wisdom, and he did not give it a share in understanding.

"Shall a faultfinder contend with Shaddai? Anyone who argues with God must answer it."

Or do you have an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

Many are saying about my soul, "There is no deliverance for him from God. Selah

Rise up, O Yahweh; deliver me, O my God; for you strike all my enemies on the cheek. The teeth of the wicked you break.

For the music director; with stringed instruments. A psalm of David. When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness. In trouble deliver me. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

Listen to the sound of my pleading, my king and my God, for to you I pray.