Quotes About Reflection

For you ask, ëWhat does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?í

Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.

But no one asks, ëWhere is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,

and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!

So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”

And Elihu continued:

then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.

Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.

Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.

Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.

can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?

Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?

Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!

For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”

His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.

Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah

Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah

For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.

then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.