And Ezra said, “You are the Lord, you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. To all of them you give life, and the host of heaven worships you.
Job 7:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of humanity? Why have you made me your target? Why have I become a burden to you? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, So that I am a burden to myself? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done You, O You Watcher and Keeper of men? Why have You set me as a mark for You, so that I am a burden to myself [and You]? American Standard Version (1901) If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself? Common English Bible If I sinned, what did I do to you, guardian of people? Why have you made me your target so that I’m a burden to myself? Catholic Public Domain Version I have sinned; what should I do for you, O keeper of men? Why have you set me against you, so that I have become burdensome even to myself? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I have sinned. What shall I do to thee, O keeper of men? Why hast thou set me opposite to thee, and I am become burdensome to myself? |
And Ezra said, “You are the Lord, you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. To all of them you give life, and the host of heaven worships you.
I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
For you write bitter things against me and make me reap the iniquities of my youth.
For then you would not number my steps; you would not keep watch over my sin;
For my sighing comes like my bread, and my groanings are poured out like water.
if I have concealed my transgressions as others do, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
That person sings to others and says, ‘I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not paid back to me.
You say, ‘I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.
If you ask, ‘What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?’
If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows.
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains; your judgments are like the great deep; you save humans and animals alike, O Lord.
O Lord God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers?