Study Desk

I have already been found guilty, so why should I struggle for no reason?

"God is not human like me, so I cannot answer him. We cannot meet each other in court.

Maybe he could remove God's punishment so his terror would no longer frighten me.

"I hate my life, so I will complain without holding back; I will speak because I am so unhappy.

"So why did you allow me to be born? I wish I had died before anyone saw me.

The few days of my life are almost over. Leave me alone so I can have a moment of joy.

But the wicked will not be able to see, so they will not escape. Their only hope will be to die."

Our time is limited. You have given us only so many months to live and have set limits we cannot go beyond.

So look away from us and leave us alone until we put in our time like a laborer.

God has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has covered my paths with darkness.

It is said, ‘God saves up a person's punishment for his children.' But God should punish the wicked themselves so they will know it.

"So how can you comfort me with this nonsense? Your answers are only lies!"

That is why it is so dark you cannot see and a flood of water covers you.

Thick clouds cover him so he cannot see us as he walks around high up in the sky.'

If you return to the Almighty, you will be blessed again. So remove evil from your house.

I wish I knew where to find God so I could go to where he lives.

So the poor go around naked without any clothes; they carry bundles of grain but still go hungry;

As heat and dryness quickly melt the snow, so the grave quickly takes away the sinners.

Their mothers forget them, and worms will eat their bodies. They will not be remembered, so wickedness is broken in pieces like a stick.

So no one can be good in the presence of God, and no one born to a woman can be pure.