Job 5:8
However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
BSB
ASV
But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;
KJV
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
(1.) We must by prayer fetch in mercy and grace from God, seek to him as a Father and friend, though he contend with us, as one who is alone able to support and succour us. His favour we must seek when we have lost all we have in the world; to him we must address ourselves as the fountain and Father of all good, all consolation. Is any afflicted? let him pray.
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Psalms 37:5Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
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Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more…
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
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Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
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Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.