Job 21:5

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.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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.

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

Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground. They keep silence. They have cast up dust on their heads. They have clothed themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

and will cause their voice to be heard over you, and will cry bitterly. They will cast up dust on their heads. They will wallow in the ashes.

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

Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.” So the Levite went in.

Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, with sackcloth, and dirt on them.

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.

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

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

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

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.

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.

Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before Yahweh’s ark until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

A man of Benjamin ran out of the army and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.

The king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because Yahweh has said to him, ‘Curse David;’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’ ”

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

Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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

that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done,” says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”

“When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention Yahweh’s name.’

Therefore Yahweh says: “Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, neither will you walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.

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

They cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her great wealth!’ For she is made desolate in one hour.

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

I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying, ‘I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” Aaron held his peace.

Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, please don’t count this sin against us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which we have sinned.

Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, “It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him.”

and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.

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.

Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.

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

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.

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

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.

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

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

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!”

so he will cleanse many nations. Kings will shut their mouths at him; for they will see that which had not been told them, and they will understand that which they had not heard.

Woe is me because of my injury! My wound is serious; but I said, “Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.”

Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.

“Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.

But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.

They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.

For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.

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

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn’t recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.

that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!

Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.

My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

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

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.

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.

Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.

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!