“If you prepare your heart, you will stretch out your hands toward him.
Job 5:8 - English Standard Version 2016 “As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As for me, I would seek God and inquire of and require Him, and to God would I commit my cause– American Standard Version (1901) But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause; Common English Bible But I would seek God, put my case to God, Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God. |
“If you prepare your heart, you will stretch out your hands toward him.
But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.
You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows.
and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause.
which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.
When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.