Job 31:38

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If my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

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  • Job 20:27 : 27 The heavens will expose his guilt, and the earth will rise up against him.
  • Ps 65:13 : 13 The wilderness pastures overflow, and the hills are clothed with joy.
  • Hab 2:11 : 11 For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the wooden beam will answer it.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

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  • 39if I have eaten its produce without payment and caused the death of its owners,

  • 37I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him like a prince.

  • Job 31:7-8
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    7If my steps have turned from the way, or if my heart has followed my eyes, or if any stain has clung to my hands,

    8then may I sow, but another eat, and may my offspring be uprooted.

  • Job 31:12-14
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    12It is a fire that burns to destruction, consuming all my harvest.

    13If I have denied justice to my male or female servants when they had a grievance against me,

    14what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when He calls me to account?

  • 4Is my complaint directed to a man? Why then should my spirit not be impatient?

  • Job 19:7-8
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    7Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.

    8He has blocked my path so I cannot pass; He has shrouded my ways with darkness.

  • 5If indeed you are exalting yourselves over me and using my disgrace to argue against me,

  • 24For my sighing comes before my food, and my groanings pour out like water.

  • 18O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never find a resting place.

  • 40This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime, and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

  • 25Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the needy?

  • 35Oh, that someone would hear me! I sign now my defense; let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write out his charges in a book.

  • 31My harp is turned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.

  • 3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made their furrows long.

  • Ps 38:16-18
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    16For I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.

    17For I said, "Lest they rejoice over me; when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me."

    18For I am ready to fall, and my pain is continually before me.

  • 16If I have withheld the desires of the poor or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

  • 2Even today my complaint is bitter; my suffering is heavier than my groaning.

  • 28He causes the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He hears the cry of the afflicted.

  • Joel 1:17-19
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    17The seeds shrivel beneath their clods, the storehouses are desolate, the granaries are broken down, for the grain has dried up.

    18How the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander in confusion because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

    19To you, Lord, I call, for fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flames have burned all the trees of the field.

  • 19Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish.

  • Job 31:19-20
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    19if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or the needy without garments,

    20and their hearts did not bless me for warming them with the fleece from my sheep—

  • 11Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • 15What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.

  • 2Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea for mercy.

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    3Otherwise, they will tear me apart like a lion, ripping me to pieces with no one to rescue.

  • 31You would plunge me into a pit, and even my clothes would abhor me.

  • 4Does He not see my ways and count all my steps?

  • 18My grief is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.

  • 2I cry out to the LORD with my voice; with my voice I plead for mercy to the LORD.

  • 31Therefore, I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab. For the men of Kir-heres, I will mourn.

  • Ps 31:9-10
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    9You have not handed me over to the enemy, but you have set my feet in a spacious place.

    10Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes grow weak with sorrow, as do my soul and my body.

  • Lam 3:8-9
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    8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

    9He has blocked my ways with cut stone; He has made my paths crooked.

  • 20My intercessors are my friends; my eye drips to God.

  • 17But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will weep bitterly and overflow with tears, for the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.

  • 25if I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had obtained much,

  • 12With reproofs for iniquity, You discipline a man; like a moth, You consume his cherished things. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • 28I walk in mourning without sunlight; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

  • 29If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated when harm came to him—

  • 14If I sin, You watch me, and You will not acquit me of my guilt.