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Job 40:8

God's Word

“Would you undo my justice? Would you condemn me so that you can be righteous?

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What do you gain by mistreating me, by rejecting the work of your hands while you favor the plans of the wicked?

You know I’m not guilty, but there is no one to rescue me from your hands.

I have prepared my case. I know that I will be declared righteous.

God handed me over to unjust people and threw me into the hands of wicked people.

then I want you to know that God has wronged me and surrounded me with his net.

These three men stopped answering Job because Job thought he was righteous.

Then Elihu, son of Barachel, a descendant of Buz from the family of Ram, became very angry with Job because Job thought he was more righteous than God.

Should anyone who hates justice be allowed to govern? Will you condemn the one who is righteous and mighty?

I have sinned against you, especially you. I have done what you consider evil. So you hand down justice when you speak, and you are blameless when you judge.

The Lord of Armies has planned it. Who can stop it? He is ready to use his power. Who can turn it back?

Your treaty with death will be wiped away. Your agreement with the grave will not stand. When the overwhelming disaster passes by, you will be trampled by it.

Remind me ⌞of what happened⌟. Let us argue our case together. State your case so that you can prove you are right.

How horrible it will be for the one who quarrels with his maker. He is pottery among other earthenware pots. Does the clay ask the one who shapes it, “What are you making?” Does your work say to you, “There are no handles”?

That would be unthinkable! God is honest, and everyone else is a liar, as Scripture says, “So you hand down justice when you speak, and you win your case in court.”

Brothers and sisters, let me use an example from everyday life. No one can cancel a person’s will or add conditions to it once that will is put into effect.

This is what I mean: The laws ⌞given to Moses⌟ 430 years after God had already put his promise ⌞to Abraham⌟ into effect didn’t cancel the promise ⌞to Abraham⌟.

The former requirements are rejected because they are weak and useless.




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