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
"You are the LORD, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you.
Psalm 36:6
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O LORD.

Why hast

Job 7:12
Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me?
Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Job 16:12
I was at ease, and he broke me apart; he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; he set me up as his target;
Psalm 21:12
For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows.
Lamentations 3:12
he bent his bow and set me as a target for his 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.
Job 3:24
For my sighing comes instead of my bread, and my groanings are poured out like water.

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