Job 23:15
Hebrew Text— Job 23:15Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.
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Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s race was revealed to Pharaoh.
The man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our enemies?”
Shall not his majesty make you afraid, and his dread fall on you?
“From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them. He has spread a net for my feet. He has turned me back. He has made me desolate and I faint all day long.
Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent.
Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.
Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.
For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
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.
So I was left alone, and saw this great vision. No strength remained in me; for my face grew deathly pale, and I retained no strength.
Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.
Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.
Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people; but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.
For the thing which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me.
fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.
“Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.
that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you.
Consider my affliction and my travail. Forgive all my sins.
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.
From the end of the earth, I will call to you when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
Don’t be a terror to me. You are my refuge in the day of evil.
Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken. All my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of Yahweh, and because of his holy words.
I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick for some days. Then I rose up, and did the king’s business. I wondered at the vision, but no one understood it.
I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn’t see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.
They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.
He said, “Who are you, Lord?” The Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.
for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Does my father still live?” His brothers couldn’t answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.
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.
Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
When Moses saw that the people were out of control, (for Aaron had let them lose control, causing derision among their enemies),
Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.
Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all Yahweh’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”
David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, “How could Yahweh’s ark come to me?”
David was afraid of God that day, saying, “How can I bring God’s ark home to me?”
But David couldn’t go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of Yahweh’s angel.
“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?
Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;
If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still will not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.
withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.
When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
“Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.
“Yes, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place.
Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan
I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed.
then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?
My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.
Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.
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!”
Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? Though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail. Though they roar, they still can’t pass over it.’
Who shouldn’t fear you, King of the nations? For it belongs to you. Because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is no one like you.
Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name’s sake, Yahweh; for our rebellions are many. We have sinned against you.
“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.
I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.
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.’ ”
Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God, and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.
Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter into it, and they to whom the good news was preached before failed to enter in because of disobedience,
When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”