God Is Just
“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?And to which of the aholy ones will you turn?Job 15:152 “For airritation kills the fool,And jealousy brings death to the simple.Prov 12:16; 27:33 “I have seen the afool taking root,And I bcursed his home immediately.Jer 12:2Job 24:18; 31:304 “His asons are far from safety,They are also 1oppressed at the gate,And there is no one to save them.Lit crushedJob 4:115 “1The hungry devour his harvestAnd take it to a place of thorns,And the 2aschemer is eager for their wealth.Lit Whose harvest the hungry devourAncient versions thirstyJob 18:8-10; 22:106 “For adisaster does not come from the dust,Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,Job 15:357 For aman is born for trouble,As sparks fly upward.Job 14:1
8 “But as for me, I would aseek God,And I would make my plea 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 earth,And sends water on the fields,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 safety.Job 22:29; 36:712 “He afrustrates the schemes of the shrewd,So that their hands cannot attain success.Ps 33:1013 “He acaptures the wise by their own cleverness,And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.Job 37:24; 1 Cor 3:1914 “By day they ameet with darkness,And 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 poor from the hand of the strong.Job 4:10, 11; Ps 35:10Job 29:17; 34:28; 36:6, 15; 38:1516 “So the helpless has hope,And ainjustice has shut its mouth.Ps 107:42
17 “Behold, ahappy is the person whom God disciplines,So do not reject the bdiscipline of 1the Almighty.Heb Shaddai, and so throughout ch 6Ps 94:12Job 36:15, 16; Prov 3:11; Heb 12:5-11; James 1:1218 “For aHe inflicts pain, and 1gives relief;He wounds, but His hands also heal.Lit bindsDeut 32:39; 1 Sam 2:6; Is 30:26; Hos 6:119 “In six troubles aHe will save you;Even in seven, bevil will not touch you.Ps 34:19Ps 91:1020 “In afamine He will redeem you from death,And bin war, from the power of the sword.Ps 33:19; 37:19Ps 144:1021 “You will be ahidden 1from the scourge of the tongue,bAnd you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.Lit atJob 5:15; Ps 31:20Ps 91:5, 622 “You will alaugh at violence and hunger,bAnd you will not be afraid of 1wild animals.Lit animals of the earthJob 8:21Ps 91:13; Ezek 34:25; Hos 2:1823 “For you will be in league with the stones of the field,And athe animals of the field will be at peace with you.Is 11:6-9; 65:2524 “You will know that your atent is secure,For you will visit your home and 1have nothing missing.Lit not missJob 8:625 “You will also know that your 1adescendants will be many,And byour offspring as the grass of the earth.Lit seedPs 112:2Is 44:3, 4; 48:1926 “You will acome to the grave at a ripe age,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.”