Why doesn't the Almighty bring the wicked to judgment?Why must the godly wait for Him in vain?Evil people steal land by moving the boundary markers.They steal livestock and put them in their own pastures.They take the orphan's donkey and demand the widow's ox as security for a loan.The poor are pushed off the path...Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, the poor must spend all their time looking fo...  Read More

Then Job replied:"Even today my complaint is bitter; His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.If only I knew where to find Him;If only I could go to His dwelling!I would state my case before HimAnd fill my mouth with arguments.I would find out what He would answer me,And consider what He would say to me…But if I go to the east, He is not there;If I go to the west, I do not find Him.When He is at ...  Read More

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: ..."Submit to God and be at peace with Him;In this way prosperity will come to you.Accept instructions from His mouthAnd lay up His words in your heart.If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored:If you remove wickedness far from your tentAnd assign your nuggets to the dust,Your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,Then the Almighty will be your gold...  Read More

Eli's sons were scoundrels; they had no regard for the LORD. Now it was the practice of the priests that, whenever any of the people offered a sacrifice, the priest's servant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand while the meat was being boiled and would plunge the fork into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot. Whatever the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is how ...  Read More

Then Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the LORD my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies . . .  there is no Rock like our God.  . . . She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away.The LORD brings death and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and raises up.The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts...  Read More

Once when they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up.  Now Eli the priest was sitting on his chair by the doorpost of the LORD's house. In her deep anguish, Hannah prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly. And she made a vow, saying, "LORD Almighty, if you will only look on your servant's misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him...  Read More