Job 17:8

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;

How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep.

This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”

The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right:

“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

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

“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.

Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?

then I saw all the work of God, that man can’t find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won’t find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won’t be able to find it.

God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”

“Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”

to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

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

We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.

Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

All this I have seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.

This also comes out from Yahweh of Armies, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.

to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.

Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’ ”

and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

In Iconium, they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

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.

“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.

I am blameless. I don’t respect myself. I despise my life.

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

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

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

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.

You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.

God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.

Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.

“If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.

They, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse, for they are a rebellious house, yet they will know that there has been a prophet among them.

and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate,” says Yahweh.

But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

“Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.

“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy.

He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard that, they said, “May that never be!”

He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.

Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed God’s word in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their attendant.

Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”

if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you,

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.

See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.

Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,

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

that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.

I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.

Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your judgments, Yahweh.

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.

What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

“Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.’ “Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;

You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

Yahweh of Armies says: “If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?” says Yahweh of Armies.

I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from yourselves, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.”