Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

O thou preserver

Bible References

O thou preserver

Nehemiah 9:6

[And Ezra said],
“You are the Lord, You alone;
You have made the heavens,
The heaven of heavens with all their host (the heavenly bodies),
The earth and everything that is on it,
The seas and everything that is in them.
You give life to all of them,
And the heavenly host is bowing down [in worship] to You.
Psalm 36:6

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God,
Your judgments are like the great deep.
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.

Why hast

Job 7:12

“Am I the sea, or the sea monster,
That You set a guard over me?
Job 6:4

Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
My spirit drinks their poison;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Job 16:12

“I was [living] at ease, but He crushed me and broke me apart,
And He has seized me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.
Psalm 21:12

For You will make them turn their backs [in defeat];
You will aim Your bowstring [of divine justice] at their faces.
Lamentations 3:12

He has bent His bow
And set me as a target for the arrow.

I am

Job 7:11

“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit,
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul [O Lord].
Job 3:24

“For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,
And my cries [of despair] are poured out like water.