Job 13:24

Job Argues His Case With God

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“How many are my iniquities and sins [that so much sorrow should come to me]?
Make me recognize and understand my transgression and my sin.
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“Why do You hide Your face [as if offended]
And consider me Your enemy?
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“Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble?
Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?

Hide Your Face

Your Enemy

Job

Job 19:11

“He has also kindled His wrath [like a fire] against me
And He considers and counts me as one of His adversaries.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord has become like an enemy;
He has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all its palaces;
He has destroyed its strongholds
And multiplied in the Daughter of Judah
Mourning and lamentation (expressions of grief).

Deuteronomy 32:20

“Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them,
I will see what their end shall be;
For they are a perverse generation,
Sons in whom there is no faithfulness.

Job 33:10

‘Behold, God finds pretexts against me;
He counts me as His enemy.

Psalm 13:1

How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?

Isaiah 8:17

And I will wait for the Lord who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; and I will look eagerly for Him.

Psalm 44:24

Why do You hide Your face
And forget our affliction and our oppression?

Psalm 88:14

O Lord, why do You reject me?
Why do You hide Your face from me?

1 Samuel 28:16

Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since the Lord has left you and has become your enemy?

Job 10:2

“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me [and declare me guilty]!
Show me why You contend and argue and struggle with me.

Job 16:9

“His wrath has torn me and hunted me down,
He has gnashed at me with his teeth;
My adversary sharpens His gaze and glares [with piercing eyes] at me.

Job 29:2-3

“Oh, that I were as in the months of old,
As in the days when God watched over me,

Job 30:21

“You have become harsh and cruel to me;
With the might of Your hand You [keep me alive only to] persecute me.

Job 31:35

“Oh, that I had one to listen to me!
Look, here is my signature (mark);
Let the Almighty answer me!
Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].

Psalm 10:1

Why do You stand far away, O Lord?
Why do You hide [Yourself, veiling Your eyes] in times of trouble?

Psalm 77:6-9

I will remember my song in the night;
I will meditate with my heart,
And my spirit searches:

2 Thessalonians 3:15

Do not regard him as an enemy, but keep admonishing him as a [believing] brother.