Quotes About Divinity

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

ëCan a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?

the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:

that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!

What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,

He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.

He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.

He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.

Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.

God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.

If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.

If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

It is all the same, and so I say, ëHe destroys both the blameless and the wicked.í

When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.

Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.

I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.

Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?

Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,

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