Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever—do not abandon the works of Your
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the wa
Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to d
“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’
He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.