God

But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,

if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.

Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.

“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.

Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.

If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’

God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.

How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?

If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.

If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.

then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.

For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.

Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.

I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.

Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?