For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such things are with Him.
‘And these things You have hidden in Your heart; I know that this was with You:
“But He is unique, and who can make Him change? And whatever His soul desires, that He does.
Therefore I am terrified at His presence; When I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
So I have been allotted months of futility, And wearisome nights have been appointed to me.
Your way was in the sea, Your path in the great waters, And Your footsteps were not known.
Clouds and darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
The Lord’s voice cries to the city— Wisdom shall see Your name: “Hear the rod! Who has appointed it?
Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
that no one should be shaken by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.
For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
and “A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense.” They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.