Job 23:14

He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me,
and He has many more things like these in mind.

so that no one will be shaken by these persecutions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.

So I have been made to inherit months of futility,
and troubled nights have been assigned to me.

Your way went through the sea
and Your path through the great waters,
but Your footprints were unseen.

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

Jacob, why do you say,
and Israel, why do you assert:
“My way is hidden from the Lord,
and my claim is ignored by my God”?

The voice of Yahweh calls out to the city
(and it is wise to fear Your name):
“Pay attention to the rod
and the One who ordained it.

Oh, the depth of the riches
both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God!
How unsearchable His judgments
and untraceable His ways!

For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

and

A stone to stumble over,
and a rock to trip over.

They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this.

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For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.