Quotes About Presence

One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”

On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.

“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.

Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.

It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:

that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?

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

Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?

I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.

Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?

when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,

After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.

But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,

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

How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,

The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.

Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.