So listen to me, you men of understanding.Far be it from God to do evil, for the Almighty to do wrong.He repays everyone for what they have done; He brings on them what their conduct deserves.It is unthinkable that God would do wrong, that the Almighty would pervert justice.Who appointed him over the earth? Who put him in charge of the whole world?If it were his intention and he withdrew his spiri...  Read More

But you have said in my hearing -- I heard the very words -- 'I am pure, I have done no wrong.I am clean and free from sin.Yet God has found fault with me;He considers me his enemy…'But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal.Why do you complain to him that he responds to no one's words?For God does speak -- now one way, now another -- though no one perceives it.I...  Read More

(Oh, that I had someone to hear me!I sign now my defense -- let the Almighty answer me;Let my accuser put his indictment in writing.Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.I would give him an account of my every step;I would present it to him as to a ruler.) Job 31:35-37  Job was at a point in his suffering when he desperately needed to hear from God!He felt innocent ...  Read More

If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,What will I do when God confronts me?What will I answer when called to account?Did not he who made me in the womb make them?Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary;If I have kept my bread to myself...  Read More

I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.For what is our lot from God above, our heritage from the Almighty on high?Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong?Does He not see my ways and count my every step?If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit -- let God weigh me in honest scales and He will know that I am blameless…If...  Read More

Terrors overwhelm me; my dignity is driven away as by the wind,  My safety vanishes like a cloud. And now my life ebbs away; days of suffering grip me…I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up but you merely look at me.You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me...I know you will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living…Have I not we...  Read More