LORD, do not rebuke me in your angerOr discipline me in your wrath.Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint;Heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.My soul is in deep anguish.How long, LORD, how long?Turn, LORD, and deliver me;Save me because of your unfailing love.Among the dead no one proclaims your name.Who praises you from the grave?I am worn out from my groaning.All night long I flood my bed w...  Read More

O LORD, hear me as I pray; pay attention to my groaning.Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for I pray to no one but you…O God, you take no pleasure in wickedness; You cannot tolerate the sins of the wicked.Therefore, the proud may not stand in your presence, For you hate all who do evil.You will destroy those who tell lies.The LORD detests murderers and deceivers…Lead me in the right p...  Read More

O LORD, hear me as I pray; pay attention to my groaning.Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for I pray to no one but you.Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD.Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly.Psalm 5:1-3 NLT All through the Book of Psalms, we see David crying out to God for help and relief.As king, David had a lot of responsibilities and burdens to carry. A...  Read More

Answer me when I call to you,O God who declares me innocent.Free me from my troubles.Have mercy on me and hear my prayer.How long will you people ruin my reputation?How long will you make groundless accusations?How long will you continue your lies?You can be sure of this:The LORD set apart the godly for himself.The LORD will answer when I call to him…In peace I will lie down and sleep,For you alon...  Read More

O LORD, I have so many enemies; So many are against me.So many are saying, "God will never rescue him!"But you, O LORD, are a shield around me;You are my glory, the one who holds my head high.I cried out to the LORD, and he answered me from his holy mountain.I lay down and slept, yet I woke up in safety, for the LORD was watching over me.I am not afraid of ten thousand enemies who surround me on e...  Read More

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wickedOr stand in the way that sinners takeOr sit in the company of mockers,But whose delight is in the law of the LORD,And who meditates on his law day and night.That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,Which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither -- Whatever they do, prospers. (Psalm 1:1-3, NIV) A prosperous l...  Read More

When Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes.In fact, the LORD gave him twice as much as before! Then all his brothers, sisters and former friends came and feasted with him in his home. And they consoled him and comforted him because of all the trials the LORD had brought against him. And each of them brought him a gift of money and a gold ring.So the LORD blessed Job in the sec...  Read More

After the LORD had finished speaking to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite: "I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf.I will not treat you as you des...  Read More

Then Job replied to the LORD:I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you.You asked, 'Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?'It is I -- and I was talking about things that I knew nothing about,Things far too wonderful for me.You said, 'Listen and I will speak! I have some questions for you,And you must answer them.'I had only heard about you before,But now I have see...  Read More

Then Job replied to the LORD,"I am nothing -- how could I find the answers?I will cover my mouth with my hand.I have said too much already.I have nothing to say."Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:"Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you,And you must answer them.Will you discredit my justice and condemn me just to prove you are right?Are you as strong as God?Can...  Read More

Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words?Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you,And you must answer them.Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?Tell me, if you know so much.Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveying line?...Who kept the sea inside its boundaries as it bu...  Read More

Do you know how God controls the storm and causes the lightning to flash from his clouds?Do you understand how he moves the clouds with wonderful perfection and skill?When you are sweltering in your clothes and the south wind dies down and everything is still, he makes the skies reflect the heat like a bronze mirror. Can you do that?"So teach the rest of us what to say to God.We are too ignorant t...  Read More