Verse 2

I will say to God: Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 9:29 : 29 Since I am already condemned, why should I labor in vain?
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before you.
  • Lam 3:40-42 : 40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. 41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven: 42 We have transgressed and rebelled, and You have not forgiven.
  • Lam 5:16-17 : 16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! 17 Because of this, our hearts are faint, and our eyes grow dim with tears.
  • Rom 8:1 : 1 So now, there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 11:31-32 : 31 But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under judgment. 32 Nevertheless, when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.
  • Job 34:31-32 : 31 Suppose someone says to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend anymore.' 32 'Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.'
  • Ps 6:1-4 : 1 For the director, with stringed instruments, on the eighth. A psalm of David. 2 LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor discipline me in Your wrath. 3 Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am weak; heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking with fear. 4 My soul is greatly troubled. But You, LORD—how long?
  • Ps 25:7 : 7 Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love, remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD.
  • Ps 38:1-8 : 1 A psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. 2 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. 3 For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down upon me. 4 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no peace in my bones because of my sin. 5 For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too much for me to bear. 6 My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness. 7 I am bent over and deeply bowed down; all day long I go about mourning. 8 For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no health in my body.
  • Ps 109:21 : 21 But You, Lord my God, act on my behalf for the sake of Your name; because Your steadfast love is good, deliver me.
  • Ps 139:23-24 : 23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
  • Job 8:5-6 : 5 But if you earnestly seek God and plead for mercy from the Almighty, 6 if you are pure and upright, surely now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous dwelling.