Job 10:15

He said, “You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live.”

For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’

Jehoahaz begged Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them.

If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.’

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

Woe to him who strives with his Maker— a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands?’

Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”

He said, ‘Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you.

Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.

Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

Moses said before Yahweh, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?”

You shall say before Yahweh your God, “I have put away the holy things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandment which you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them.

If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.

So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,

For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.

‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.

You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.

“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.

But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.

My eyes fail with tears. My heart is troubled. My liver is poured on the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the young children and the infants swoon in the streets of the city.

But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”

Yahweh’s angel said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction.

Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.

God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Don’t be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”

Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Behold, the children of Israel haven’t listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, when I have uncircumcised lips?”

I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, to the end you may know that I am Yahweh on the earth.

Outside the sword will bereave, and in the rooms, terror on both young man and virgin, the nursing infant with the gray-haired man.

“The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh (don’t save us today),

She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, weeping bitterly.

It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will repay me good for the cursing of me today.”

Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.

“My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.

If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn’t sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.

Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres.

Yes, since the day was, I am he. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed;

This is your lot, the portion measured to you from me,” says Yahweh, “because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.”

Her filthiness was in her skirts. She didn’t remember her latter end. Therefore she has come down astoundingly. She has no comforter. “See, Yahweh, my affliction; for the enemy has magnified himself.”

Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach.

“ ‘The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine within. He who is in the field will die by the sword. He who is in the city will be devoured by famine and pestilence.

They also went down into Sheol with him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, who lived under his shadow in the middle of the nations.

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”

“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

“You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,

Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.

Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.

My heart is troubled, and doesn’t rest. Days of affliction have come on me.

Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?

When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,

Consider my affliction and my travail. Forgive all my sins.

I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.

My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.

What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

“There is no peace”, says Yahweh, “for the wicked.”

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”

My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

It will happen that after I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them. I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”

Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

They have all turned away. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.”

“For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”

“Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”

If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

“Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’

I will be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?

Surely then you will lift up your face without spot; Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear:

When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.

Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.

“Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?

Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh.

Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.

Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”

“Look, Yahweh; for I am in distress. My heart is troubled. My heart turns over within me, for I have grievously rebelled. Abroad, the sword bereaves. At home, it is like death.

Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.

Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.’ ”