The Discipline of the Almighty
“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?And to which of the aholy ones will you turn?Job 15:152 “For avexation kills the ignorant fool,And jealousy puts to death the simple.Prov 12:16; 27:33 “I have seen the aignorant fool taking root,And I bcursed his abode suddenly.Jer 12:2Job 24:18; 31:304 “His asons are far from salvation,They are even crushed in the gate,And there is no deliverer.Job 4:115 “1His harvest the hungry devourAnd take it to a place of thorns,And the 2aschemer pants after their wealth.Lit WhoseAncient versions thirstyJob 18:8-10; 22:106 “For awickedness does not come out from the dust,Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,Job 15:357 For aman is born for trouble,As 1sparks fly upward.Or sons of ResephJob 14:1
8 “But as for me, I would aseek God,And I would set my cause before God,Job 13:2, 3; Ps 50:159 Who adoes great and unsearchable things,1Wonders without number.Or MiraclesJob 9:10; 37:14, 16; 42:310 “He agives rain on the earthAnd sends water on the fields outside,Job 36:27-29; 37:6-11; 38:2611 So that aHe sets on high those who are lowly,And those who mourn are lifted to salvation.Job 22:29; 36:712 “He afrustrates the thoughts of the crafty,So that their hands cannot attain success of sound wisdom.Ps 33:1013 “He acatches the wise by their own craftiness,And the counsel of the twisted is quickly thwarted.Job 37:24; 1 Cor 3:1914 “By day they ameet with darknessAnd grope at noon as in the night.Job 12:25; 15:30; 18:18; 20:26; 24:1315 “But He saves from athe sword of their mouth,And bthe needy from the hand of the strong.Job 4:10, 11; Ps 35:10Job 29:17; 34:28; 36:6, 15; 38:1516 “So the poor has hope,And aunrighteousness must shut its mouth.Ps 107:42
17 “Behold, how ablessed is the man whom God reproves,So do not reject the bdiscipline of the 1Almighty.Heb Shaddai, so in JobPs 94:12Job 36:15, 16; Prov 3:11; Heb 12:5-11; James 1:1218 “For aHe inflicts pain and 1gives relief;He 2wounds, and His hands also heal.Lit bindsOr crushesDeut 32:39; 1 Sam 2:6; Is 30:26; Hos 6:119 “1From six distresses aHe will deliver you,Even in seven bevil will not touch you.Lit InPs 34:19Ps 91:1020 “In afamine He will redeem you from death,And bin war from hands with swords.Ps 33:19; 37:19Ps 144:1021 “You will be ahidden from the scourge of the tongue,bAnd you will not be afraid of devastation when it comes.Job 5:15; Ps 31:20Ps 91:5, 622 “You will alaugh at devastation and starvation,bAnd you will not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.Job 8:21Ps 91:13; Ezek 34:25; Hos 2:1823 “For your covenant will be with the stones of the field,And athe beasts of the field will be at peace with you.Is 11:6-9; 65:2524 “You will know that your atent is at peace,For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.Job 8:625 “You will know also that your aseed will be many,And byour offspring as the vegetation of the land.Ps 112:2Is 44:3, 4; 48:1926 “You will acome to the grave in full vigor,Like the stacking of grain in its season.Job 42:1727 “Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is.Hear it, and know for yourself.”