“If you direct your heart rightly, you will stretch out your hands toward him.
Job 5:8 - New Revised Standard Version “As for me, I would seek God, and to God I would 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 direct your heart rightly, 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 pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows.
Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
But you, O Lord of hosts, who judge righteously, who try the heart and the mind, let me see your retribution upon them, for to you I have committed my cause.
and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day what I have entrusted to him.
When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.
Therefore, let those suffering in accordance with God's will entrust themselves to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.