Quotes About Trust

Have I ever said, ëGive me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;

You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.

But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?

His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spiderís web.

He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.

If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ëWhat are You doing?í

Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.

though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?

As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,

You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.

I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.

Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.

Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?

Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.

Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:

Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.

If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,

rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.

Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.

Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?