Job 13:16
Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
BSB
ASV
This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.
KJV
He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him. But I will rebuke mine own ways before Him. He also shall be my salvation. There is no room for the virtue of patience in prosperous circumstances. He is really patient, who is at once bruised with misfortune, and yet not bowed down from the erectness of his hope. Concerning the temper of mind of the reprobate man it is written, He will praise Thee, when Thou doest well to him.
He means it not of temporal salvation (he had little expectation of that); but concerning his eternal salvation he was very confident that God would not only be his Saviour to make him happy, but his salvation, in the vision and fruition of whom he should be happy. And the reason why he depended on God for salvation was because a hypocrite shall not come before him.
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Acts 13:47For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
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He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light…
“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a…
a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
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Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
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“For our God is a consuming fire.”
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Job 8:13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
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The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
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Psalms 118:21I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation.
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I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.