Quotes About Reflection

Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.

For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.

So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.

Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?

look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?

He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”

But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.

Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.

I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;

For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.

“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.

But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.

My days have passed; my plans are broken off—even the desires of my heart.

If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.

“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.

I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.

“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.

Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.