'God' in the Bible

"Can a man be of use to God? Yes, can [the] wise be of use to him?

"[Is] not God [in the] height of [the] heavens? But see how lofty are {the highest stars}.

And you ask, 'What does God know? Can he judge through deep gloom?

[Those] who said to God, 'Turn away from us,' and 'What can Shaddai do to us?'

Indeed, then you will delight yourself in Shaddai, and {you will expect that God will be good to you}.

Indeed, God has made my heart faint, and Shaddai has terrified me.

From [the] city people groan, and [the] throat of [the] wounded cries for help; yet God does not {regard it as unseemly}.

"Indeed, how can a human being be righteous before God? And how will he who is born of a woman be pure?

"{As God lives}, he has removed my justice, and Shaddai has made my inner self bitter.

For {as long as} my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nose,

for what [is the] hope of [the] godless when he cuts [them] off, when God takes away his life?

Will God hear his cry of distress when distress comes upon him?

Or, in Shaddai will he find delight? Will he call upon God at all times?

"This [is the] portion of [the] wicked human being with God, and they receive from Shaddai [the] inheritance of [the] ruthless.

"God understands its way, and he knows its place,

"{O that I were} as [in] the months before, as [in] the days [when] God watched over me,

And what [is] the portion of God from above or the heritage of Shaddai from on high?

let him weigh me in [the] balance of justice, and let God know my blamelessness.

then what shall I do when God rises up? And when he enquires, how shall I answer him?

Indeed, the disaster from God [was] a dread for me, and {I was powerless} because of his majesty.

this also [is] an iniquity [to be] judged, for I have deceived God above.

So Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite, from the clan of Ram, {became angry}. {He became angry} at Job because he justified himself rather than God,

So do not say, 'We have found wisdom; let God refute him, not a man.'

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of Shaddai gives life to me.

Look, before God {I am like you}; I myself was also formed from clay.

"Look, [in] this you are not right--I will answer you: Indeed, God is greater than a human being.

Indeed, God speaks in one [way], even in two, [yet] [someone] does not perceive it.

He prays to God, then he accepts him, and he sees his face with a shout of joy, and he repays to the human being his righteousness.

Look, God does all these [things] twice, three times with a person

for Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.

Indeed, he says, 'A man does not profit when he takes delight in God.'

"Therefore, listen to me, {people who have sense}: far be it from God {that he should commit wickedness} and that Shaddai {should do wrong}.

What's more, God truly does not act wickedly, and Shaddai does not pervert justice.

Indeed, he has not yet appointed [a time] for man to go to God in the judgment.

"Indeed, does anyone say to God, 'I have endured [chastisement]; I will not act corruptly [again];

for he adds transgression to his sin; he claps hands among us, and he multiplies his words against God.'"

"Do you think this [is] justice when you say, '{I am right} before God'?

But no one says, 'Where [is] God my Maker, [who] gives songs in the night,

"Surely God does not hear an empty plea, and Shaddai does not regard it.

Look, God [is] mighty but does not despise [anyone]; [he is] mighty [and] {good in understanding}.

"Look, God is exalted in his power; who [is] a teacher like him?

"Look, God [is] exalted, and we do not know [him]; the number of his years is unsearchable.

"God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things, and we cannot comprehend.

Do you know {how God commands them} and [how] he causes his cloud's lightning to shine?

From [the] north comes gold-- awesome majesty [is] around God.

when [the] morning stars were singing together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Who prepares for the crow its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, [and] they wander around {for lack of food}?

because God made it forget wisdom, and he did not give it a share in understanding.

"Shall a faultfinder contend with Shaddai? Anyone who argues with God must answer it."

Or do you have an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

Many [are] saying about my soul, "There is no deliverance for him from God. Selah

Rise up, O Yahweh; deliver me, O my God; for you strike all my enemies [on the] cheek. [The] teeth of [the] wicked you break.

When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness. In trouble {deliver me}. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

Listen to the sound of my pleading, my king and my God, for to you I pray.

For you [are] not a God [who] desires wickedness. Evil cannot dwell with you.

Treat them as guilty, O God; let them fall because of their plans. Because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against you.

O Yahweh, my God, in you I have taken refuge. Save me from all [who] pursue me, and deliver me.

O Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish [the] righteous, and test the hearts and innermost being, O righteous God.

My shield [is] with God who saves the upright of heart.

God [is] a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day.

[The] wicked shall turn back to Sheol, all [the] nations forgetting God,

{With bald-faced pride} [the] wicked will not seek [God]. There is no God in any of his thoughts.

He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He never sees."

Rise up, O Yahweh; O God, lift up your hand. Do not forget [the] afflicted.

Why does the wicked treat God with contempt? He says in his heart, "You will not call [me] to account."

Consider [and] answer me, O Yahweh my God. Give light to my eyes lest I sleep [the sleep of] death,

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.

Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who cares about God.

There {they are very fearful} because God [is] with [the] generation of [the] righteous.

Protect me, O God, for I take refuge in you.

Those [who] hurry [after] another [god] increase their sorrows. I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, nor take up their names on my lips.

As for me, I have called on you because you will answer me, O God. Incline your ear to me. Hear my words.

Yahweh [is] my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I have taken refuge, my shield and the horn of my deliverance, my stronghold.

In my trouble I called on Yahweh, and to my God I cried for help. He heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help came up before his presence into his ears.

Because I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not acted wickedly against my God,

For you light my lamp; Yahweh, my God, lights up my darkness.

For with you I can charge a troop, and with my God I can scale a wall.

This God--his way [is] blameless. The word of Yahweh [is] flawless. He [is] a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

For who [is] God apart from Yahweh, and who [is] a rock except our God?

The God who girded me [with] strength, and made safe my way,

Yahweh lives, and blessed [be] my rock, and may the God of my salvation be exalted--

the God who executed vengeance for me, and subdued peoples under me,

The heavens [are] telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands.

May Yahweh answer you in [the] day of trouble. May the name of Jacob's God protect you.

May we shout for joy over your victory, and in the name of our God may we set up banners. May Yahweh fulfill all your requests.

{Some boast in chariots and others in horses}, but we boast in the name of Yahweh, our God.

My God, my God why have you forsaken me? [Why are you] far from helping me, [far from] the words of my groaning?

O my God, I call by day and you do not answer, and [by] night but I have no rest.

On you I was cast from [the] womb. From my mother's belly you [have been] my God.

He will receive blessing from Yahweh, and justice from the God of his salvation.

O my God, I trust you; let me not be put to shame. Do not let my enemies exult over me.

Cause me to walk in your truth and teach me, because you [are] the God of my salvation. I await you {all day long}.

O God, redeem Israel from all its troubles.

Do not hide your face from me; do not turn your servant away in anger. You have been my help; do not abandon nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Ascribe to Yahweh, O sons of God, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.

The voice of Yahweh [is] over the waters; the God of glory thunders. Yahweh [is] over many waters.

O Yahweh, my God, I cried for help to you, and you healed me.

so that {I} may sing praises to you and not be quiet. O Yahweh, my God, I will give thanks to you forever.

Into your hand I commit my spirit. You have redeemed me, O Yahweh, faithful God.