Job 9:34

The Scriptures 1998

Let Him take His rod away from me, and let His dread frighten me.

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“Turn aside Your stroke from me; I am overcome by the blow of Your hand.

See, no fear of me should alarm you, nor should pressure by me be heavy on you.

Should not His excellence make you afraid, and the dread of Him fall upon you?

Who knows the power of Your displeasure? And your wrath, according to the fear of You?

“At this too my heart trembles, and leaps from its place.

For I am in dread of destruction from Ě

Therefore I am troubled at His presence; I consider, and I am afraid of Him.

“Then I shall visit their transgression with the rod, And their crookedness with flogging.

“When You chastise man for crookedness with reproofs, You consume what he loves, like a moth; All men are but a breath. Selah.