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I have refused to touch such things; they are like loathsome food to me.

Verse ConceptsNot Touching

Is my strength like that of stones? or is my flesh made of bronze?

Verse ConceptsBronzeMineralsPeople As RocksThings Like BronzeSteel

For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.

Verse ConceptsFear Will ComeBeing Scaredfriendliness

"Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?

Verse ConceptsLimitednessPunishment, Nature OfHirelingsThe Fact Of ToilstruggleWarLife StrugglesGetting Through Hard Timeshumanity

Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages,

Verse ConceptsMonotonySlaves

"How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

Verse ConceptsHuntingEaglesPapyrusShipsBoats

For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationAnswering GodGod In Relation To ManOthers Not AnsweringSuing GodMan's Relation To God

Are your days like the days of a mortal, or your years like the years of a mortal,

Verse Conceptseternity, nature ofLifespanGod In Relation To Man

Did you not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?

Verse ConceptsMilkCheeseDairy

to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness."

Verse ConceptsThe Outer DarknessOuter Darkness

And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.

Verse ConceptsRadiancyNoonRadiant LivesLight Of God's PeopleSunshine

They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

Verse ConceptsOvertaken By DarknessFeeling Lostdrunkards

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing

Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man.

Verse ConceptsHiringHirelingsLeave Them Alone

at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth shoots like a new plant.

how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!

Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, DescriptionLove, Abuse OfMan's Sinful NatureAll Have Sinnedcorruption

Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack,

Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedFear Will ComeOvercoming AdversityBeing Overwhelmedpressure

Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms.

Verse ConceptsOlives

"I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all!

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofSensitivityNo Comfort

I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.

Verse ConceptsMere Talkcriticism

He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.

Verse ConceptsGod As A Warrior

He tears me down on every side until I perish; he uproots my hope like one uproots a tree.

Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfRootsDestruction Of PlantsWithout Hope

Why do you pursue me like God does? Will you never be satiated with my flesh?

Verse ConceptsHuntingPersecution

he will perish forever, like his own excrement; those who used to see him will say, 'Where is he?'

Verse Conceptsdung and manurePeople Passing AwayDefecationpoop

Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight.

Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsDisappearanceLike A Dreamflying

They allow their children to run like a flock; their little ones dance about.

Verse ConceptsDancingLeisure, And PastimesAmusements Of ChildrenRecreation

How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?

Verse ConceptsStrawWicked Described AsLight As ChaffHurricanes

Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children.

Verse ConceptsSeeking FoodWild Donkeys

Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.

Verse ConceptsMurderNightRising EarlySecret SinsNot Helping The Poor

For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

Verse ConceptsDarkness Of Evil

The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.

Verse ConceptsBrokennessWombMaggotsForgetting PeopleHarming TreesPurgatoryworms

They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone, they are brought low like all others, and gathered in, and like a head of grain they are cut off.'

Verse ConceptsAbhorWorldly AmbitionHumbling The Proud

"May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unrighteous.

Verse ConceptsOvercoming Enemies

If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,

Verse ConceptsWealthClaySilverDressNumerous As Dust

The house he builds is as fragile as a moth's cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made.

Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsSpidersDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.

Verse ConceptsFear Will ComeLike A Flood

I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;

Verse ConceptsHead coveringHeadgearClothed With RighteousnessPeople In Righteousness

I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I lived like a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted, Duty To ThemLearning The Right WayHuman ComfortNature Of Kings

They were banished from the community -- people shouted at them like they would shout at thieves --

Verse ConceptsPeople Ostracised

They brayed like animals among the bushes and were huddled together under the nettles.

Verse ConceptsNettles

Terrors are turned loose on me; they drive away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.

Verse ConceptsLossWeather, As God's JudgmentNot ProsperingLosing Honour

With great power God grasps my clothing; he binds me like the collar of my tunic.

Verse ConceptsGod Is JustChokingCreatures Choked

but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow!

Verse ConceptsGuidance, From Godly PeopleAdoption

Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown;

Verse ConceptsCarrying Other Loadscrowns

I would give him an accounting of my steps; like a prince I would approach him.

Verse Conceptsaccounting

Inside I am like wine which has no outlet, like new wineskins ready to burst!

Verse ConceptsBottles, Figurative UseWineWineskins And Vatsventing

What man is like Job, who drinks derision like water!

Verse ConceptsInfidelity To GodUnique IndividualsScoffers

But Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men.

Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.

Verse ConceptsActing For Oneselfwickednesshurting

Indeed, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?

Verse ConceptsPower, Of God

Get ready for a difficult task like a man; I will question you and you will inform me!

Verse ConceptsGod EnquiringAnticipationTeaching GodPreparing For Action

The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features are dyed like a garment.

Verse ConceptsClaySealsHoly Spirit, Types OfClay, UsesSealing Things

when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?

Verse ConceptsCold WeatherDeep Seaslakes

Do you make it leap like a locust? Its proud neighing is terrifying!

Verse ConceptsNosesCreatures JumpingNeighing And Braying

"Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me!

Verse ConceptsGod EnquiringTeaching GodPreparing For ActionMasculinity

"Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox.

Verse ConceptsCreation, Origin OfGrassAnimals EatingDinosaursmuscles

It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.

Verse ConceptsCedarSinewsmuscles

Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron.

Verse ConceptsBeamsBronzeBodies Of AnimalsThings Like Bronze

Can you play with it, like a bird, or tie it on a leash for your girls?

Verse ConceptsPets

Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the red glow of dawn.

Verse ConceptsDawnNosesSneezing

Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones become like chaff to it.

Verse ConceptsChaffSlingsThrowing Stones

Its underparts are the sharp points of potsherds, it leaves its mark in the mud like a threshing sledge.

Verse ConceptsThreshingThings UnderMarshes

It makes the deep boil like a cauldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment,

Verse ConceptsOintmentThe Sea Stirred UpThe Oceanpot

The likes of it is not on earth, a creature without fear.

Verse ConceptsUnique CreaturesThose Not Fearingfearless

Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.

Verse ConceptsLionsPeople Torn To Pieces

He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

Verse ConceptsLionsNetsMan TrappingLike Creaturesrehabilitation

For the music director; by David. In the Lord I have taken shelter. How can you say to me, "Flee to a mountain like a bird!

Verse ConceptsMountainsMusicBirds, Figurative UseEscaping To MountainsResolving Conflictflying

He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended.

Verse ConceptsCreditAcceptance Of BribesInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfImmovable SaintsNot MovedAvoiding BribesBriberyMoney Blessingslent

He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

Verse ConceptsHuntingLionsWicked Described AsPeople Torn To PiecesLike CreaturesGreed

I grind them as fine windblown dust; I beat them underfoot like clay in the streets.

Verse ConceptsGrinding PeopleMarshesdustcrushes

Like a bridegroom it emerges from its chamber; like a strong man it enjoys running its course.

Verse ConceptsAthletesWeddingsCompetitionsGoing OutsideSunRaceheroes

You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the Lord angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

Verse ConceptsFurnacesWicked Described AsBurning PeopleGod Will Be Angry

My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

Verse ConceptsHuman EmotionEnjoyment, Lack OfHeart, HumanPouringMeltingWaxBowelsDislocatingMessianic Propheciesbreasts

Yes, wild dogs surround me -- a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

Verse ConceptsdogsEnemies SurroundingMessianic Prophecies

He makes Lebanon skip like a calf and Sirion like a young ox.

Verse ConceptsCalvesWild OxUnicornsjumping

I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.

Verse ConceptsBreaking ContainersForgetting PeopleState Of The DeadA Broken HeartFeeling LostBroken Hearts

Do not be like an unintelligent horse or mule, which will not obey you unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit.

Verse ConceptsMulesBridlesHorsesRestraintRopesStubbornnessDivine RestraintsSelf WillBinding As Animals

May they be like wind-driven chaff, as the Lord's angel attacks them!

Verse ConceptsAngels, Ministry To UnbelieversLight As Chaff

I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil.

Verse ConceptsColors, GreenAffluenceWicked Described AsPursuing ViolenceAbuse

For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

Verse ConceptsBurdensBackConviction Of SinHeavy BurdensGuiltBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.

Verse ConceptsUnhearing

You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

Verse ConceptsInsectsRebukeBeauty, Temporal Nature OfVanityPossessions DecayingMothsMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsGod Requite Them!Time Passing

Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.

Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimSilenceWeepingPilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfSpiritual DeafnessTearsCryingReckoned As ForeignersHear Prayer!Pay Attention O God!Feelings Of Alienation