Verse 21

You have turned cruel to me; with Your strong hand, You oppose me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 16:9-9 : 9 His anger tears at me, and he hates me; he gnashes his teeth at me. My adversary sharpens his eyes against me. 10 They gape at me with their mouths; they strike my cheeks in scorn and together they conspire against me. 11 God has handed me over to the unjust and thrown me into the hands of the wicked. 12 I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target. 13 His archers surround me and pierce my kidneys without mercy; he pours my gall on the ground. 14 He breaks me with breach upon breach; he rushes at me like a warrior.
  • Job 10:14-17 : 14 If I sin, You watch me, and You will not acquit me of my guilt. 15 If I am wicked, woe to me; if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head, filled with shame and seeing my misery. 16 If I rise up, You hunt me like a lion, and again show Your power against me. 17 You bring new witnesses against me and increase Your anger toward me, bringing forces and hostilities against me.
  • Job 13:25-28 : 25 Will You terrify a wind-driven leaf and pursue dry chaff? 26 For You write bitter things against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. 27 You put my feet in shackles and watch all my ways; You set a limit for the soles of my feet. 28 So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
  • Job 6:9 : 9 That God would be willing to crush me, to let loose His hand and cut me off!
  • Job 7:20-21 : 20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you? 21 Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.
  • Job 10:3 : 3 Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands, while You favor the plans of the wicked?
  • Job 19:6-9 : 6 know then that God has wronged me and surrounded me with His net. 7 Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice. 8 He has blocked my path so I cannot pass; He has shrouded my ways with darkness. 9 He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
  • Job 19:22 : 22 Why do you pursue me as God does and are not satisfied with my flesh?
  • Job 23:6 : 6 Would he contend with me in his great power? No, he would instead give me strength.
  • Ps 77:7-9 : 7 I remember my song in the night; I meditate with my heart, and my spirit searches diligently. 8 Will the Lord reject forever and never again show His favor? 9 Has His mercy ceased forever? Has His promise come to an end for all generations?
  • Ps 89:13 : 13 The north and the south, you created them; Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon sing for joy at your name.
  • Jer 30:14 : 14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they do not seek you. I have struck you as an enemy would, with cruel punishment, because of the greatness of your guilt and the many sins you have committed.
  • 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time.