Is it good for You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands and smile on the counsel of the wicked?
“Your hands have shaped me and made me completely, yet You destroy me.
You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands.
that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
God has delivered me to the ungodly and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
know now that God has bent me and has surrounded me with His net.
Indeed, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Yet He filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
“As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
You have become cruel to me; with Your strong hand You oppose me.
Did not He who made me in the womb make him? And did not the same One fashion us in the womb?
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life.
“Will he who argues with the Almighty instruct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”
“Will you indeed annul My judgment? Will you condemn Me, that you may be righteous?
“Surely, God will not cast away a perfect man, nor will He strengthen the evildoers,
It is all one thing; therefore I said, ‘He destroys both the perfect and the wicked.’
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
Know that the Lord, He is God! It is He who has made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
The Lord will fulfill that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; forsake not the works of Your hands.
For the Lord hears the poor, and does not despise His prisoners.
But now, O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are our potter; and we all are the work of Your hand.
So then, let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.