Verse 2

I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 9:29 : 29 If I am wicked, why then do I labor in vain?
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no one living shall be justified.
  • Lam 3:40-42 : 40 Let us search and examine our ways and turn back to the LORD. 41 Let us lift up our heart along with our hands to God in the heavens. 42 We have transgressed and rebelled; You have not pardoned.
  • Lam 5:16-17 : 16 The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! 17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
  • Rom 8:1 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 11:31-32 : 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
  • Job 34:31-32 : 31 Surely it is proper to say to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend anymore; 32 That which I do not see, teach me; if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
  • Ps 6:1-4 : 1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are troubled. 3 My soul is also greatly troubled: but You, O LORD, how long? 4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: save me for Your mercy’s sake.
  • Ps 25:7 : 7 Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to Your mercy remember me, for Your goodness' sake, O LORD.
  • Ps 38:1-8 : 1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your wrath, nor chasten me in your hot displeasure. 2 For your arrows pierce deeply into me, and your hand presses me hard. 3 There is no health in my flesh because of your anger, nor is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am greatly bowed down; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease, and there is no health in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and severely broken; I have roared because of the disquiet of my heart.
  • Ps 109:21 : 21 But deal with me for your name’s sake, O GOD the Lord, because your mercy is good, deliver me.
  • Ps 139:23-24 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; 24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
  • Job 8:5-6 : 5 If you would seek God earnestly, and make your supplication to the Almighty; 6 If you were pure and upright, surely now He would awaken for you, and make the dwelling of your righteousness prosperous.