God
Verses Mentioning God
As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;
When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to rideupon it; And thou dissolvest me in the storm.
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?
(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);
What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.
Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) Andthat I hadthe indictment which mine adversary hath written!
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:
The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.
Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.
Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy;
He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.
Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.
Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?