Verse 2

I say unto God, `Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive `with' me.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 9:29 : 29 I -- I am become wicked; why `is' this? `In' vain I labour.
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 And enter not into judgment with Thy servant, For no one living is justified before Thee.
  • Lam 3:40-42 : 40 We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah. 41 We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens. 42 We -- we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou -- Thou hast not forgiven.
  • Lam 5:16-17 : 16 Fallen hath the crown `from' our head, Wo `is' now to us, for we have sinned. 17 For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.
  • Rom 8:1 : 1 There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;
  • 1 Cor 11:31-32 : 31 for if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged, 32 and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;
  • Job 34:31-32 : 31 For unto God hath any said: `I have taken away, I do not corruptly, 32 Besides `that which' I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done -- I do not add?'
  • Ps 6:1-4 : 1 To the Overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, in Thine anger reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me. 2 Favour me, O Jehovah, for I `am' weak, Heal me, O Jehovah, For troubled have been my bones, 3 And my soul hath been troubled greatly, And Thou, O Jehovah, till when? 4 Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness' sake.
  • Ps 25:7 : 7 Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.
  • Ps 38:1-8 : 1 A Psalm of David, `To cause to remember.' Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me. 2 For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand. 3 Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me. 5 Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly. 6 I have been bent down, I have been bowed down -- unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning. 7 For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh. 8 I have been feeble and smitten -- unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.
  • Ps 109:21 : 21 And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy kindness `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 a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!
  • Job 8:5-6 : 5 If thou dost seek early unto God, And unto the Mighty makest supplication, 6 If pure and upright thou `art', Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness.