“For though I were right, I could not answer;
I would have to implore the mercy of my judge.

“If I called and He answered me,
I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.

“Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral defect,
And you would be steadfast and not fear.

“I too could speak like you,
If I were in your place.
I could compose words against you
And shake my head at you.

“I could strengthen you with my mouth,
And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.

“I have made a covenant with my eyes;
How then could I gaze at a virgin?

What then could I do when God arises?
And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?

Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more;
I sought for him, but he could not be found.

For it is not an enemy who reproaches me,
Then I could bear it;
Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me,
Then I could hide myself from him.

The stouthearted were plundered,
They sank into sleep;
And none of the warriors could use his hands.

And turned their rivers to blood,
And their streams, they could not drink.

His priests fell by the sword,
And His widows could not weep.

If You, Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?

I explored with my mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see what good there is for the sons of men to do under heaven the few years of their lives.

Now it came about in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not conquer it.

And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number
That a child could write them down.

O Lord, they sought You in distress;
They could only whisper a prayer,
Your chastening was upon them.

We were pregnant, we writhed in labor,
We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth,
Nor were inhabitants of the world born.

They stooped over, they have bowed down together;
They could not rescue the burden,
But have themselves gone into captivity.

Thus says the Lord,
“Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where then is a house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that I may rest?

One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, and the other basket had very bad figs which could not be eaten due to rottenness.

The kings of the earth did not believe,
Nor did any of the inhabitants of the world,
That the adversary and the enemy
Could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

They wandered, blind, in the streets;
They were defiled with blood
So that no one could touch their garments.

Yet our eyes failed,
Looking for help was useless;
In our watching we have watched
For a nation that could not save.

They hunted our steps
So that we could not walk in our streets;
Our end drew near,
Our days were finished
For our end had come.

even though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job were in its midst, by their own righteousness they could only deliver themselves,” declares the Lord God.

though these three men were in its midst, as I live,” declares the Lord God, “they could not deliver either their sons or their daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the country would be desolate.

even though these three men were in its midst, as I live,” declares the Lord God, “they could not deliver either their sons or their daughters, but they alone would be delivered.

even though Noah, Daniel and Job were in its midst, as I live,” declares the Lord God, “they could not deliver either their son or their daughter. They would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.”

I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live;

‘The cedars in God’s garden could not match it;
The cypresses could not compare with its boughs,
And the plane trees could not match its branches.
No tree in God’s garden could compare with it in its beauty.

Again he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not ford, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be forded.

The Chaldeans answered the king and said, “There is not a man on earth who could declare the matter for the king, inasmuch as no great king or ruler has ever asked anything like this of any magician, conjurer or Chaldean.

Moreover, the thing which the king demands is difficult, and there is no one else who could declare it to the king except gods, whose dwelling place is not with mortal flesh.”

Then the magicians, the conjurers, the Chaldeans and the diviners came in and I related the dream to them, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.

Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or make known its interpretation to the king.

Just now the wise men and the conjurers were brought in before me that they might read this inscription and make its interpretation known to me, but they could not declare the interpretation of the message.

Then the commissioners and satraps began trying to find a ground of accusation against Daniel in regard to government affairs; but they could find no ground of accusation or evidence of corruption, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption was to be found in him.

I saw the ram butting westward, northward, and southward, and no other beasts could stand before him nor was there anyone to rescue from his power, but he did as he pleased and magnified himself.

As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these events?”

Then the men became extremely frightened and they said to him, “How could you do this?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.

However, the men rowed desperately to return to land but they could not, for the sea was becoming even stormier against them.

Then Jonah went out from the city and sat east of it. There he made a shelter for himself and sat under it in the shade until he could see what would happen in the city.

They made their hearts like flint so that they could not hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.

When He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were demon-possessed met Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way.

I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him.”

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not drive it out?”

And He *came to the disciples and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour?

But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news around, to such an extent that Jesus could no longer publicly enter a city, but stayed out in unpopulated areas; and they were coming to Him from everywhere.

And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach,

And He *came home, and the crowd *gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.

And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death and could not do so;

Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice.

and whenever it seizes him, it slams him to the ground and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth and stiffens out. I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not do it.”

When He came into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, “Why could we not drive it out?”

She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial.

And He *came and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour?

he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

And a woman who had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and could not be healed by anyone,

I begged Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not.”

And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all.

And they could make no reply to this.

And he summoned one of the servants and began inquiring what these things could be.

and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to every word He said.

So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor.

While they still could not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”

If this man were not from God, He could do nothing.”

But some of them said, “Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have kept this man also from dying?”

For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again,

“Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction with it, and our fathers could find no food.

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

And he said, “Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus.

Therefore if God gave to them the same gift as He gave to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?”

Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers as to what could have become of Peter.

and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.

But among the crowd some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

But since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.

After Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him which they could not prove,

Because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and let ourselves be driven along.

When day came, they could not recognize the land; but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could.

but the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from their intention, and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land,

For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,

For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh,

And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ.

But if the ministry of death, in letters engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading as it was,

but I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

Therefore when we could endure it no longer, we thought it best to be left behind at Athens alone,

For this reason, when I could endure it no longer, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain.

For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

For they could not bear the command, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it will be stoned.”

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;

But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.

And they *sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased from the earth.