I Hear You, God

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. Job 31:35-36

“Young people now insult me, although their fathers would have been a disgrace to my sheep dogs. And those who insult me are helpless themselves.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭30‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭CEV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/392/job.30.1-2.CEV

““I thought, ‘I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand. My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches. My glory will not fade; the bow will be ever new in my hand.’” ‭‭Job‬ ‭29‬:‭18‬-‭20‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.29.18-20.NIV

“But where is wisdom found? No human knows the way.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭28‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭CEV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/392/job.28.12-13.CEV

“Those sinners may go to bed rich, but they will wake up poor.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭27‬:‭19‬ ‭CEV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/392/job.27.19.CEV

“And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”” ‭‭Job‬ ‭26‬:‭14‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.26.14.NIV

“If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes, how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot— a human being, who is only a worm!”” ‭‭Job‬ ‭25‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.25.5-6.NIV

“But God drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭24‬:‭22‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.24.22.NIV

“There the upright can establish their innocence before him, and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭23‬:‭7‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.23.7.NIV

“And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless. That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you,” ‭‭Job‬ ‭22‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.22.9-10.NIV

““Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you give me. Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭21‬:‭2‬-‭3‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.21.2-3.NIV

“I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭20‬:‭3‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.20.3.NIV

“And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!” ‭‭Job‬ ‭19‬:‭26‬-‭27‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.19.26-27.NIV

“You cut yourself in anger. Will that shake the earth or even move the rocks? *” ‭‭Job‬ ‭18‬:‭4‬ ‭CEV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/392/job.18.4.CEV

“Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭17‬:‭9‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.17.9.NIV

“Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high. My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God; on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭16‬:‭19‬-‭21‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.16.19-21.NIV

“Do you listen in on God’s council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom? What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have? The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭15‬:‭8‬-‭10‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.15.10.NIV

““If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me! If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come. You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made. Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin....

“For you write down bitter things against me and make me reap the sins of my youth.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭13‬:‭26‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.13.26.NIV

“People who are at ease mock those in trouble. They give a push to people who are stumbling. But robbers are left in peace, and those who provoke God live in safety— though God keeps them in his power.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭12‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭NLT‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/116/job.12.5-6.NLT

“if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent, then, free of fault, you will lift up your face; you will stand firm and without fear.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭11‬:‭14‬-‭15‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.11.14-15.NIV

”Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese, clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews? You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.“ ‭‭Job‬ ‭10‬:‭10‬-‭12‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.10.10-12.NIV

”If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together, someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.“ ‭‭Job‬ ‭9‬:‭33‬-‭34‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.9.33-34.NIV

”Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless. What they trust in is fragile; what they rely on is a spider’s web. They lean on the web, but it gives way; they cling to it, but it does not hold. They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden; it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the ston...

”“Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.“ ‭‭Job‬ ‭7‬:‭11‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/job.7.11.NIV