Verse 21

You have become cruel to me: with Your strong hand You oppose Yourself against me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 16:9-9 : 9 He tears me in his wrath, who hates me; he gnashes upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes upon me. 10 They gape upon me with their mouth; they strike me on the cheek reproachfully; they gather themselves together against me. 11 God has delivered me to the ungodly and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. 12 I was at ease, but he has broken me apart; he has also seized me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up as his target. 13 His archers surround me, he cleaves my entrails asunder and does not spare; he pours out my gall upon the ground. 14 He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a giant.
  • Job 10:14-17 : 14 If I sin, then You mark me, and You will not acquit me from my iniquity. 15 If I am wicked, woe to me; and if I am righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see my affliction; 16 For it increases. You hunt me as a fierce lion; and again You show Yourself marvelous upon me. 17 You renew Your witnesses against me, and increase Your indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
  • Job 13:25-28 : 25 Will you break a leaf driven to and fro, and will you pursue dry stubble? 26 For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. 27 You put my feet also in the stocks, and watch closely all my paths; you set a mark upon the soles of my feet. 28 And he, like a decaying thing, consumes, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
  • Job 6:9 : 9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
  • Job 7:20-21 : 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto you, O preserver of men? Why have you set me as a mark against you, so that I am a burden to myself? 21 And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust, and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
  • Job 10:3 : 3 Is it good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
  • Job 19:6-9 : 6 Know now that God has overthrown me and has surrounded me with His net. 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice. 8 He has fenced up my way so that I cannot pass, and He has set darkness in my paths. 9 He has stripped me of my glory and taken the crown from my head.
  • Job 19:22 : 22 Why do you persecute me as God does, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
  • Job 23:6 : 6 Will he contend with me in his great power? No; but he would strengthen me.
  • Ps 77:7-9 : 7 Will the Lord cast off forever? and will He be favorable no more? 8 Is His mercy completely gone forever? Does His promise fail forevermore? 9 Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies? Selah.
  • Ps 89:13 : 13 You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, and high is your right hand.
  • Jer 30:14 : 14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they do not seek you; for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of your iniquity; because your sins have increased.
  • 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time: