“If you direct your heart rightly, you will stretch out your hands toward him.
Job 5:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “As for me, I would seek God, and to God I would commit my cause. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As for me, I would seek God and inquire of and require Him, and to God would I commit my cause– American Standard Version (1901) But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause; Common English Bible But I would seek God, put my case to God, Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God. |
“If you direct your heart rightly, you will stretch out your hands toward him.
But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.
Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
But you, O Lord of hosts, who judge righteously, who try the heart and the mind, let me see your retribution upon them, for to you I have committed my cause.
and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.
When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.
Therefore, let those suffering in accordance with God’s will entrust their lives to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.