Is it for your piety that he reproves you, and enters into judgment with you?
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
Is it for your [reverential] fear of Him that He [thus] reproves you, that He enters with you into judgment?
Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?
Does he rebuke you for your piety, bring you in for judgment?
Will he reprove you and take you to judgment for being afraid,
Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee into judgment?
Do you fix your eyes on such a one? Do you bring me into judgment with you?
that he would maintain the right of a mortal with God, as one does for a neighbor.
be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
For he has not appointed a time for anyone to go before God in judgment.
Am I the Sea, or the Dragon, that you set a guard over me?
If it is a contest of strength, he is the strong one! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
For he is not a mortal, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.
Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
“You chastise mortals in punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is dear to them; surely everyone is a mere breath. Selah
At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse lay stunned.
They have burned it with fire, they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.
I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.