Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible






What was weak man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? or the son of the earthborn, that thou shouldst set him in charge? That thou shouldst make him little less than messengers of God, with glory and honour, shouldst crown him? Shouldst give him dominion over the works of thy hands, - All things, shouldst have put under his feet:

Who is like Yahweh our God? that goeth on high to dwell, That cometh down low to look, through the heavens and through the earth;

O Yahweh! what is the earthborn, And yet thou hast acknowledged him, - the son of a mortal, And yet thou hast taken account of him:

Thus, saith, Yahweh, The Holy One of Israel And his Fashioner, As to things to come, they have asked me, Concerning my sons and concerning the work of my hands, they would command me!

Wherein God, being, more abundantly disposed to shew forth unto the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his counsel, mediated, with an oath, - In order that, through means of two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to make himself false, a mighty consolation, we might have, who have fled along to grasp, the fore-lying hope,




When I view thy heavens, the work, of thy fingers, moon and stars, which thou hast established, What was weak man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? or the son of the earthborn, that thou shouldst set him in charge?



Lo! in his own servants, he trusteth not, and, his own messengers, he chargeth with error: How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth:

Unto GOD, can a man act as friend? Surely a discreet man befriendeth himself! Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou shouldst be righteous? or any profit, that thou shouldst be blameless in thy ways? Is it, for thy reverence, that he will accuse thee? will enter with thee into judgment? read more.
Is not, thy wickedness, great? and, without end, are not thine iniquities?

How then shall, a mortal, be just with GOD? Or how shall he be pure who is born of a woman? Look as far as the moon, and it is not clear, and, the stars, are not bright in his eyes! How much less a mortal who is a creeping thing? Or a son of the earth-born who is a worm?

This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said - My righteousness is more than GOD'S. For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin? I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee. read more.
Look at the heavens and see, - and survey the skies - they are higher than thou. If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him? If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept? Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness reach , and, unto a son of the earth-born, thy righteousness.

Since thy days began hast thou commanded the morning? or caused the dawn to know its place; That it might lay hold of the wings of the earth, and the lawless be shaken out of it?

O Yahweh! what is the earthborn, And yet thou hast acknowledged him, - the son of a mortal, And yet thou hast taken account of him: The earthborn, resembleth, a vapour, his days, are like a passing shadow.