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Job 5:8

New English Translation

“But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.

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“As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,

What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you!

But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

“Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good.

You will pray to him and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him.

But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,

Commit your future to the Lord! Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf.

Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”

So I said to the Lord, “O Lord who rules over all, you are a just judge! You examine people’s hearts and minds. I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.”

Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.

When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.

So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good.




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