Job 13:24

Job Argues His Case With God

²³ How many iniquities and sins have I committed?
Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
²⁴ Why do You hide Your face
and consider me Your enemy?
²⁵ Will You frighten a wind-driven leaf?
Will You chase after dry straw?

Hide Your Face

Your Enemy

Job

Job 19:11

His anger burns against me,
and He regards me as one of His enemies.

Lamentations 2:5

ה HeThe Lord is like an enemy;
He has swallowed up Israel.
He swallowed up all its palaces
and destroyed its fortified cities.
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation
within Daughter Judah.

Deuteronomy 32:20

He said: “I will hide My face from them;
I will see what will become of them,
for they are a perverse generation—
unfaithful children.

Job 33:10

But He finds reasons to oppose me;
He regards me as His enemy.

Psalm 13:1

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, how long will You forget me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?

Isaiah 8:17

I will wait for the Lord,
who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob.
I will wait for Him.

Psalm 44:24

Why do You hide Yourself
and forget our affliction and oppression?

Psalm 88:14

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

1 Samuel 28:16

Samuel answered, “Since the Lord has turned away from you and has become your enemy, why are you asking me?

Job 10:2

I will say to God:
“Do not declare me guilty!
Let me know why You prosecute me.

Job 16:9

His anger tears at me, and He harasses me.
He gnashes His teeth at me.
My enemy pierces me with His eyes.

Job 29:2-3

If only I could be as in months gone by,
in the days when God watched over me,

Job 30:21

You have turned against me with cruelty;
You harass me with Your strong hand.

Job 31:35

If only I had someone to hear my case!
Here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me.
Let my Opponent compose His indictment.

Psalm 10:1

Lord, why do You stand so far away?
Why do You hide in times of trouble?

Psalm 77:6-9

At night I remember my music;
I meditate in my heart, and my spirit ponders.

2 Thessalonians 3:15

Yet don’t treat him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.