Tuesday, April 30, 2019

THE ACTIVITY OF GOD IN THE BIBLE - JOB

The Activity of God

Going through the Bible, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse, phrase by phrase and word by word to give attention to the following:
--the Names of God;
--the word & deeds of God;
--the sayings of God;
--the attributes of God;

Too often the churches weakness and the Christians weakness is found in this one sin, 'we do not know God'.  We have not studied the Bible, nor Him to learn more of Him.  Seeking that this might be a help for myself and others in this pursuit that each of us 'may grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord.'

JOB
Chapter 1
1:1     one that feared God and eschewed evil     the fear of the Lord;  God is to be feared;
1:5     it may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.  thus did Job continually    God sees and knows those that sin against Him;  God sees and knows those that curse Him in their hearts, for God knows the hearts of men;
1:6     Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord and Satan came also among them.     God's sons, creation of angels;   God receives them to present themselves before Him; 
1:7     And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou?   Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.     And God said/spoke;   God asked Satan where he had come from; God knows all things and knew where he  had been;
God receives Satan's answer;
1:8     and the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered My servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and escheweth evil?     And God said/spoke;   God asked of Satan about Job;   God's servant Job;   God knew of Job that there was non like him in all the earth, perfect and upright and fears God;   the fear of the Lord; 
1:9     Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?    God receives Satans answer;   the fear of the Lord;
1:10     Hast not Thou made a an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side?  Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.     God made a hedge about Job, his house and all that he had;   God blessed him in the work of his hands, his substance to increase;
1:11    But put forth Thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse Thee to Thy face     God is able to put forthi His hand and touch the things of man;  God knows those that curse Him to His face;
1:12    And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hat is in thy power,; only upon himself put not forth thine hand.  So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord    And God said/spoke; God gave permission to Satan to touch Job, but spare he himself;   God's presence and those that went forth from it;
1:16    the fire of God is fallen from heaven     God was credited for the fire from heaven, since it was from above;  yet we know that Satan was behind this destruction and death;
1:21    the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord     God gives;  God takes away;   God's Name is to be blessed and praised;
1:22    nor charged God foolishly    God is not to be charged foolishly by men that are in ignorance of such heavenly things;
Chapter 2
2:1     Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord     God's sons (angels, creation);   God sees and knows these that come before Him to present themselves;   God sees and knows Satan that also present himself before the Lord;
2:2     And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou?  And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth and from walking up and down in it.    And God said/spoke;   God asked the question of Satan already knowing the answer;   God hears the answer of SAtan;
2:3     And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered My servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst Me against him, to destroy him without cause.      And God said/spoke;   God addresses Satan regarding Job;  God's servant Job;  God sees and knows this man Job that he is perfect, upright fears God and eschews evil;    the fear of the Lord;    God moved against him to destroy him;
2:4     And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.     God hears the answers of Satan;
2:5     but put forth Thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse Thee to Thy face.     God's hand to touch his flesh and the allowance of this;   God knows and sees those that curse Him;   God's face sees and knows those that come against Him to curse;
2:6    And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand, but save his life.    And God said/spoke;   God gives permission to Satan to attack Job;
2:7    So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.    God's presence and the sons of His creation that had to approach unto Him;   God sees and knows his activity, especially against His children;
2:9    curse God and die    God sees and knows those that curse Him;  God knows when, where, who and how death will come to each; "He holds our breath in His hand'
2:10    What?  shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil?     God's hand gives and provides and causes good and evil;
Chapter 3
3:4    Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above    God regards from above the affairs of His creation;
3:23     and whom God hath hedged in?    God hedges men in;
Chapter 4
4:9      By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of His nostrils are they consumed.    God blasts the wicked and they perish;   God's nostrils breath and they are consumed;
4:17    shall mortal man be more just than God?  shall a man be more pure than his Maker?    God is just;   God is more than man and His creation;   God is Maker of all;  God is pure;
4:18     Behold, He put no trust in His servants; and His angels He charged with folly.    God places and puts trust in no one but Himself;   God is trustworthy;  God's servants;   God's angels;  God charges His creation with their folly;
Chapter 5
5:8     I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:    God is to be sought;   God receives causes committed unto His will;
5:9     Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:    God does great things;  God does unsearchable things;   God does marvellous things;   God wonders cannot be numbered;
5:10     Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:    God gives rain upon earth;  God sends water to the fields;
5:11    To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.    God set upon on high those that are humble;  God brings safety to those that mourn;
5:12     He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.    God undoes the devices of the crafty for evil and sin;   God takes away their ability to perform their evil deed;
5:13     He taketh the wise in their own craftiness:    God takes the wiss in their own ways;
5:15     But He saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.     God saves the poor from sword, from mouth of others and from the hand of mighty;
5:17     Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth:  therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:   God corrects;   God chastens;
5:18     For He maketh sore, and bindeth up:  He woundeth, and His hands make whole.    God makes sore;   God binds up;  God wounds;  God's hands make whole;
5:19     He shall deliver thee in six troubles:  yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.   God delivers from trouble;   God prohibits evil from touching;
5:20    In famine He shall redeem thee from death:  and in war from the power of the sword.    God redeems;  God helps in time of famine;   God redeems from power of sword in battle;
Chapter 6
6:4     For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit:  the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.     God's arrows are within him;   God's poison drinks up his spirit;   God's terrors are set against him;
6:8     Oh that I might have my request:  and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!    God grants the desires of the heart, that which is longed for;
6:9     Even that it would please God to destroy me; that He would let loose His hand, and cut me off!     God pleased;   God destroys;  God lets His hand loose;   God cuts off;
6:10     let Him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.     God to spare men's lives or not is in His will;   God's Name - Holy One;   And God said/spoke;
6:14     but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty    the fear of God;   God's Name - Almighty;   God is all mighty in all His ways, omnipotent;
Chapter 7
7:12    Am I a sea, or a whale, that Thou settest a watch over me?    God sets a watch over His creation; the eyes of the Lord run to and from throughout all the earth;
7:14     Then Thou scarest me with dreams and terrifiest me through visions:   God is accused of dreams and visions to scare and terrify him when he lays down to sleeep;
7:17    what is man, that Thou shouldest magnify him?  and that Thou shouldest set Thine heart upon him?    God magnifies men;  God sets His heart upon men;    David asked this same question;
7:18     And that Thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?    God visists each morning;  God tries the souls of men;
7:19    How long wilt Thou not depart from me, nor let me alone     God is asked to leave and depart;
7:20     I have sinned, what shall I do unto Thee, O Thou preserver of men?  Why hast Thou set me as a mark against Thee, so that I am a burden to myself?    God is preserver of life and men;   God is asked aftter he acknowledges his sin, what to do;   God is accused as setting a mark against Himself;  God's affairs are not known by men;
7:21    And why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity?  for now shall I sleep in the dust; and Thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.    God pardons men's transgressions and iniquities;   God seeks and finds;   God comes in the morning;
Chapter 8  
8:3     Doth God pervert judgment?  or doth the Almighty pervert justice?   God does not pervert judgement; God's Name - Almighty;  God does not pervert justice;  God's ways are perfect and right in judgement and justice;
8:4     If thy children have sinned against Him, and He have cast them away for their transgressions    God sees and knows those that sin against Him;   God is able to cast away for transgressions;
8:5      If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty     God is to be sought;   God's Name - Almighty;   God's hears and is ready to receive supplication made unto Him;
8:6    If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.     God knows those that are pure and upright before Him;  God is able to awake and help those of His Own;   God is able to make habitation of the rightoues prosperous;
8:13     So are the paths of all that forget God;     God sees and knows those that forget Him;
8:20     Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will He help the evil doers    I will's of God to not cast away the perfect;  I will's of God to not help the evil doers;   God does not cast away perfect men;  God does not help evil ones;
8:21    Till He fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.   God fills with laughter and rejoicing;
Chapter 9
9:2     but how should man be just with God?    God is just and knows those that seek to be just in all their ways before Him;
9:3     If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.    God contends with men;
9:4    He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength:  who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?      God is all wise;  God is mighty in strength;    God sees and knows those that harden themselves against Him;   God makes sure they do not prosper;
9:5     Which removeth the mountains, and they know not:  which overturneth them in His anger.    God can remove mountains;   God in anger can overturn them;
9:6     Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.    God shakes the earth;   God makes the pillars of the earth to tremble;
9:7     Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and sealeth up the stars.     God commands sun to do whatever He wants;   God seals up the stars;
9:8    Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.    God spreads out the heavens;   God treads the waves of the sea;
9:9    Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.    God makes the stars and the constealltions that they saw in the south;
9:10    Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.    God does great things that cannot be found out;   God does wonders that can not be counted for number;
9:11    Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not:  He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.    God goes by him;  God passes by him;   Omnipresent;  God is not always made manifest to men's eyes and ears and presence;
9:12     Behold, He taketh away, who can hinder Him?  who will say unto Him, What doest Thou?    God takes away;  God cannot be hindered;   God does not have to answer those that question what He does;
9:13    If God will not withdraw His anger, the proud helpers do stoop under Him.    I will's of God to whether He will withdraw His anger;   God may or may not withdraw His anger from the wicked;   God will humble the proud beneath Him;
9:14    How much less shall I answer Him and choose out my words to reason with Him?    God hears and knows the answer of men toward Him;   God hears when men come before Him to reason;
9:15     but I would make supplication to My judge.    God is judge of all the earth;   God hears those that approach unto Him to make supplication before Him;
9:16     If I had called and He had answered me; yet would i not believe that He had hearkened unto my voice.     God can answer to those that call upon Him;   God hearkens unto the voice of men;
9:17    For He breaketh me with a tempest, and mulitplieth my wounds without cause.    God breaks men with tempest;   God multiplies wounds wihtout cause is the accusation of Job toward God;
9:18    He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.    I will's of God to not suffer Job to breath;   God fills him with bitterness;
9:19     If I speak of strength, lo, He is strong and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?   God is strong;   God is question of time to approcah and plead in judgement before Him;
9:22    He destroyeht the perfect and the wicked.    God is charged with destroying perfect and wicked;
9:23    If the scourge slay suddenly, He will laugh at the trial of the inncoents.   God is charged with laughing at the death of the innocent;
9:24    He coverth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where and who is He?    God is charged with covering the faces of the judges;   God is question to where and who He is in light of these injustices;
9:28    I know that Thou wilt not hold me innocent    God will not hold him innocent;   I will's of God;
9:31    Yet Thou plunge me in the ditch    God is accused of plunging into the ditch to dirty him;
9:32    For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, and we shoudl come together in judgment.    God is not man;   God is not to be answerd as a man, but as God;   God is needing to come together in agreement with His creation to reason of judgmemt, for God's judgement is right;
9:33    Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.    God is not in need of an umpire to take hold of them and make judgement;
9:34    Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His fear terrify me.    the fear of the Lord;  God is charged with laying the rod to him;   God to take it away;  God to terrify man;
9:35    Then would I speak and not fear Him     the fear of the Lord;   God is to be feared, but not feared to not be approached and sought after;
Chapter 10
10:2     I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore Thou contendest with me.    God hears those that speak unto Him;   God condemns;   God contends with men;
10:3    Is it good unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress, that Thou shoudlest despise the work of Thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?      God is questioned;   God does good;  God oppresses;   God despise work;  God's hands and the work of it;   God shines upon counsel of wicked;
10:4     Hast Thou eyes of flesh?  or seest Thou as man seeth?    God is question if God sees as man sees;
10:5     Are Thy days as the days of man?  are Thy years as man's days?    God is questioned if God's days are as mans'
10:6     That Thou inquirest after mine iniquity and searchest after my sins?    God inquires after the iniquity;  God searches after the sins of men;
10:7    Thou knowest that I am not wicked and there is none that can deliver out of Thine hand.    God knows who is wicked;   God's hand holds and keeps, and there is none to deliver out of it;
10:8     Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me.    God's hands made and fashioned men and the things around;   God is falsely chared with destroying Job;
10:9     Remember, I beseech Thee, that Thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt Thou bring me into dust again?     God is asked to remember and besought;   God made men of clay;   God will bring men to dust again;
10:10     Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?    God is accused of pouring him out and curdling him;
10:11     Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.     God clothed with skin and flesh;   God fenced with bones and sinews;
10:12    Thou hast granted me life and favour, and Thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.    God grants life and favour;   God visits to preserve spirit of man;
10:13     And these things hast Thou hid in Thine heart:  I know that this is with Thee.   God hides things in His heart;  God's heart; 
10:14     If I sin then Thou markest me, and Thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.    God is accused of marking the man that sins;   I will's of God to not acquit man that sins;
10:15     therefore see Thou mine affliction;     God is asked to see his affliction;
10:16     For it increaseth.  Thou huntest me as a fierce lion:  and again Thou shewest Thyself marvellous upon me.     God is accused of hunting him as a lion;   God shews Himself marvellous in His ways;
10:17     Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, and increaseest Thine indignation upon me;     God is accused of renewing God's witnesses against him;   God increases God's indignation upon him;
10:18     Wherefore then hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb?   God is asked why God brought him forth from the womb;
10:20     cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little     God is asked by Job to cease from afflction and let him take a little comfort;
Chapter 11
11:5     But oh that God would speak and open His lips against thee     God is sought to speak to Job and answer him; God speaks;
11:6     And that He would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is!   Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.    God show secrets of wisdom;  God ways are double to that which is known and experienced by men;  God exacts less than we deserve;
11:7     Canst thou by seraching find out God?  canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?    God cannot be found out by searching is the question;   God's Name - Almighty;  God cannot be found out by perfection is the question;
11:10     If He cut off, and shut up or gather together, then who can hinder Him?    God cuts off;  God shuts up;  God gathers together;  God cannot be hindered;
11:11     For He knoweth vain men; He seeth wickedness also; will He not then consider it?   God knows vainity of man;  God sees wickedness of them;   I will's of God;  God will consider it;
11:13    If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward Him;   God sees and knows that prepare their heart toward Him;   God sees and knows those that stretch out the hand toward Him;
Chapter 12
12:4     who calleth upon God and He answereth him     God is called upon;   God answers him;
12:6    they that provoke God are secure, into whose hand God bringeth abundantly     God is provoked;   God brings them into hands abundantly;
12:9     Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?    God's hand hath wrought all this; 
12:10     In Whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.     God's hand holds every living thing;   God's hand holds breath of all mankind;
12:11     and the mouth taste His meat?    God provides meat for the mouth of man;
12:13    with Him is wisdom and strength, He hath counsel and understanding.    God is wisdom and strength;   God has counsel and understanding;
12:14     Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.    God breaks down and it will not be built again;  God shuts up a man and none will open it;
12:15     Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.    God withholds the waters, and the waters dry up;'  God sends forth the water and they overturn the earth;
12:16     With Him is strength and wisdom:  the deceived and the deciever are His.   God is strength and wisdom;   God has deceived and deceiver;
12:17    He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.    God leads counselors away spoiled;   God makes judges fools;
12:18    He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.    God looseth bond of kings;  God girds loins of king;
12:19    He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.    God leads princes away spoiled;   God overthrows the mighty;
12:20    He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.    God removes speech of trusty;  God takes away understanding of the aged;
12:21    He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.    God pours contempt upon princes;   God weakens strength of mighty;
12:22   He discoverteh deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.    God discovers deep things out of darkness;   God brings out to light the shadow of death;
12:23     He increateth the nations, and destroyeth them:  He englargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.    God increase the nations;  God destroys them;  God enlarges the nations;  God straitens them again
12:24     He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.    God takes away heart of the chief of the people of the earth;   God causes them to wander in wilderness where there is no way;
12:25     and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.    God makes them stagger as drunken men;
Chapter 13
13:3     surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.     God to be spoken to  and before;   God to be sought, Job's desire to reason with Him of why;
13:7     Will you speak wickedly for God?  and talk decietfully for Him?    God cannot be wicked, nor wickedness spoken of Him;   God cannot be deceiful, nor deceitfulness spoke of Him;
13:8     Will ye accept His person?  will ye contend for God?    God accepts no person;   God cannot be contended with;
13:9     Is it good that He should search you out?  or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock Him?     God is to be searched out;   God sees and knows those that mock Him;
13:10    He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.    I will's of God to reprove;   God reproves men for acceptign persons;
13:11    Shall not His excellency make you afraid?  and His dread fall upon you?    God is excellent and causes men to fear the Lord;   God's dread falls upon men;
13:15    Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him; but I will maintain mine own ways before Him.     God slays;   God is to be trusted in;   God sees and knows the ways of man before Him;
13:16     He also shall be my salvation, for an hypocrite shall not come before Him.    God is salvation of man;  God will not allow hypcorite to come before Him;
13:20     Only do not two things unto me:  then will I not hide myself from Thee.   God cannot be hid from;
13:21     Withdraw Thine hand far from me:  and let not Thy dread make me afraid.    God's hand to requested not to be withdrawn from him;   God's dread makes afraid;
13:22    Then call Thou, and I will answer; or let me speak and answer Thou me.    God calls, men answer;   God answers when men speak;
13:24     Wherefore hidest thou Thy face, and holdest me for Thine enemy?    God's face hid;   God's enemies;
13:25     Wilt Thou break a leaf driven to and fro?  and wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble?    God is questions of breaking a leaf driven by wind to and fro;  God is questions of purusing stubble;
13:26     For Thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquity of my youth.   God is accused of writing bitter things against Job;   God is accused of making him to posses the sins of his youth;
13:27     Thou puttest my feet also, in the stocks and lookest marrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.     God is charged with putting his feet in stocks and looking narrowly upon him;   God is charged with setting a print upon the heels of his feet. 
13:28     and He, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eathen.    God is accused of consuming;
Chapter 14
14:3     And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with Thee?    God's eyes opening upon Job is questioned;   God's bringing judgment on Job is questioned;
14:5    Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with Thee, Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;     God holds and knows the days of man;   God appoints the bounds that he cannot pass;
14:6    Turn from him     God is requested to turn from him;
14:13     O that Thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past, that Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!    God is asked to hide him;   God to hide, God to keep, God's wrath, God appoint, God remember
14:15     Thou shalt call and I will answer Thee:  Thou wilt have a desire to the work of Thine hands.     God calls, man answers Him;   I will's of God to have a desire to His creation;  God's hands;
14:16     For now Thou numberest my steps:  dost Thou not watch over my sins?    God numbers the steps of man;   God watches over man and sees and knows who sins against Him;
14:17     and Thou sewest up mine iniquity     God sews up mans sins;
14:19     Thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and Thou destroyest the hope of man.    God is accused of washing away the things of earth;   God is accused of destroying the hope of man;  God is hope;
14:20     Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth:  Thou changes his countenance, and sendest him away.    God prevails;   God changes;  God sends them away;
Chapter 15    
15:4      Yea, thou castest off fear; and restrainest prayer before God      God receiving prayer is restrained due to sin;
15:8      Hast thou heard the secret of God?      God's secret;
15:11     Are the consolations of God small with thee?      God created, made and sustained constellations of the stars;
15:13     That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?    God sees and knows that turn away from Him;
15:15   Behold, He putteth no trust in His saints; yea the heavens are not clean in His sight.    God puts not trust in saints;   God's sight; God sees what is clean and not clean and knows it;
15:25    for he stretcheth out his hand against God and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty    God sees and knows those that stretch out the hand against Him;  God knows those that strengthen against Him;
Chapter 16
16:7     But now He hath made me weary; Thou hast made desolate all my company.    God is blamed of making him weary in life;  God is blamed for making desolate;
16:8    Thou hast filled me with wrinkles     God credited for wrinkles on the face
16:9    He teareth me in His wrath who hateth me:  He gnasheth upon me with His teeth;     God blamed for wrath coming against Him;   God blamed for allowing enemies to tear and gnash with the teeth against him;
16:11     God hath deliverred me to the ungodly,and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.    God accused of delivering him unto the ungodly and turning him over into hands of wicked men;
16:12    He hath broken me assunder:  He hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces and set me up for His mark.    God accused of breaking him assnder;  God takes by neck and shakes to peices;  God set mark against him;
16:13     His archers compass me round about, He cleaveth my reins assunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.    God accused of allowing archers to wound him; God accused of cleaving reigns assunder and not sparing;   God pours out gall upon ground;
16:14    He breaketh me with breach upon breach, He runneth upon me like a giant.    God accused of breaking breaches upon him;  God accused of running upon him like a giant to destroy;
16:20     but mine eye poureth out tears unto God    God sees and knows the tears of His children poured out to Him;
16:21     O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!    God hears and knows the man that intercedes for another and those that plead with Him;
Chapter 17
NO ACTIVITY OF GOD - 1ST in this book; 25th chapter over all in the Bible;
Chapter 18
18:21      and this is the place of him that knoweth not God     God sees and knows those that know Him;  to know God and to be known of God;
Chapter 19
19:6     Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with His net.    God overthrows men;   God compasses men with a net;
19:8     He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and He hath set darkness in my paths.   God fences up man's way to not allow them to pass;   God sets darkness to block their paths;
19:9     He hath stripped me of my glory and taken the crown from my head.    God strips man of his glory;  God takes crown from their head;
19:10     He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone:  and mine hope hath He removed like a tree.    God is able to destroy man on every side;   God removes man's hope like a tree;
19:11     He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as one of His enemies.    God kindles wrath against men;   God counts men as His enemeis that are wicked;
19:12      His troops come together , and raise up their way against me; and encamp round about my tabernacle.       God brings troops together to bring them against who ever He wishes;   God encamps around;
19:13     He hath put my brethren far from me and mine acquiatance are verily estranged from me.    God puts loved ones away from those that He sees fit; they are estranged;
19:21     for the hand of God hath touched me.    God's hand touches men;
19:22     Why do ye ppersecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?    God is blamed for persectuting him;
19:25      For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.     God is the redeemer of lost man;   God lives;   God stands and shall stand at the end of time;
19:26      yet in my flesh shall I see God      God to be seen of man in eternity;
19:27      Whom I shall see for myself and mine eyes shall behold     God shall be seen of men; 
Chapter 20
20:15      God shall cast them out of his belly     God makes the rich to lose their riches;
20:23     When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath upon him; and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.   God is accused of casting His fury upon those that indulge;   God's wrath is rained upon him;
20:28      The increase of his house shall depart and his goods shall flow away in the day of His wrath.    God's wrath shall take away their increase;
20:29     This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.    God appoints judgement portion upon the wicked;   God appoints heritage;
Chapter 21
21:9     neither is the rod of God upon them     God seems to not lay rod upon wicked;
21:14     Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways.     God  hears when the wicked declare for God to depart from them;   God knows that they do not desire His or have knowledge of His ways; 
21:15     What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?  and what profit should we have, if we pray unto Him?     God is to be served;   God is to be prayed unto;
21:17     God distributeth sorrow in His anger     God's anger brings forth sorrow and it is distributed upon man and the earth;
21:19     God layeth up is iniquity for his children:  He rewardeth him and he shall know it.         God lays up their ways upon them and their children;  God rewards their ways upon them and causes them to know it; 
21:20     and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty       God's wrath shall be drrank by the wicked;   God's Name, Almighty;
21:22     Shall any teach God knowledge?  seeing He judgeth those that are high.    God is Omniscient - all knowing;   God cannot be taught knowledge;   God judges;
Chapter 22
22:2     Can a man be profitable unto God     God needs nothing, but can make men profitable
22:3     Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?   or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?    God sees and knows those that are rightoues;   God is pleased with rightoues;   God sees and knows those that are perfect;   God's kingdom and glory gain by those that serve and fear Him perfectly;
22:4    Will He reprove thee for fear of thee?  will He enter with thee into judgement?    God reproves; God does not fear men;   God does not enter into judgement with men;
22:12    Is not God in the height of heaven?    God is above all;  God is the height of all;
22:13     How does God know?   can He judge through the dark cloud?    God knows - Omniscient;  God judges through the dark cloud, God judges righteously;
22:14     Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He seeth not; and He walketh in the circuit of heaven.    God is covered by thick clouds;   God sees;   God walks
22:17     Which said unto God, Depart from us:  and what can the Almighty do for them?    God sees and hears and knows those that seek for Him to depart;   God can do all things; God's Name - Almighty;
22:18     Yet He filled their houses with good things      God fills the houses with good things;
22:21     Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee.     God is to be known, acquaint with Him;
22:22     Receive, I pray thee, the law from His mouth, and lay up His words in thine heart.      God's law, word;  God's mouth spoke it, pronounced it; 
22:23     If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity ar from thy tabernacles.    God is to be returned to;   God's Name - Almighty;
22:25     Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.     God defends His Own;  God's Names - Almighty;
22:26     For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face unto God.    God is to be delighted in by His people;   God's face;   God is delight; 
22:27      Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.    God hears and knows those that pray unto Him;   God hears;
22:29     He shall save the humble person.     God saves the humble;
22:30    He shall deliver the island of the innocent     God delivers;
Chapter 23
23:3      Oh, that I knew where I might find Him!  that I might come even to His seat!     God is to be sought, in order to be found, seek & find;   God's seat, throne where He sits; 
23:4      I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.    God to hear the cause brought before Him;
23:5     I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say unto me.     God's words;  God answers;   God speaks;
23:6      Will He plead against me with His great power?  No; but He would put strength in me.    God pleads with men;  God's great power;   God puts strength in men;
23:7     there the righteous might dispute with Him; so would I be delivered for ever from my judge.    God hears mens dispute before Him;  God delivers;  God is Judge;   God's Name - Judge;
23:8     Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive Him.     God's place sought and not found;  forward and backward;   God not there;  God not perceived; 
23:9     On the left hand, where He doth work, but I cannot behold Him; He hideth Himself on the right hand, that I cannot see Him;    God works;   God is not beheld;  God hides Himself;   God is not seen;
23:10    But He knoweth the way that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.    God knows the way of man;   God tries men; 
23:11     My foot hath held His steps, His ways have I kept, and not declined.     God's steps;   God's ways to be kept;
23:12     Neither have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.      God's lips;  God's commandments;   God's mouth;  God's words   
23:13      But He is in one mind, an who can turn Him?   and what His soul desireth, even that He doeth.    God's mind;   God cannot be turned;   God desires;  God does;
23;14     For He performeth the thing that is appointed for me:  and many such things are with Him.    God performs things that are appointed;   God has such things with Him;
23:15     Therefore am I troubled at His presence;  when I consider, I am afraid of Him.    God's Presence is troubling;  the fear of the Lord;
23:16     For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:    God makes heart soft;   God troubles men;   God's name - Almighty;
23:17      neither he covered the darkness from my face      God covers or not the darkness before men's faces;
Chapter 24
24:1      Why seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know Him not see His days?     God sees the times of men;   God's Name - Almighty;   God sees the days of men;
24:12     yet God layeth not folly to them     God accused of not laying folly to sinners;
Chapter 25
25:2      Dominion and fear are with Him, He maketh peace in His high places.    God has dominion and they fear before Him;   God makes peace;   God's high places;
25:3     Is there any number of His armies?   and upon whom doth not His light arise?    God armies without number;   God brings forth light upon;
25:4     How then can man be justified with God?  or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?    God justifies man, not men justify themselves to Him; 
25:5     year the stars are not pure in His sight     God is pure and nothing is pure before Him;
Chapter 26
26:6      Hell is naked before Him and destruction hath no covering.     God sees all;
26:7     He stretcheth  out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.    God stretches out the north;   God hangs the earth upon nothing;
26:8     He bindeth up the waters in Hi thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.    God binds up the waters in the clouds;
26:9      He holdeth back the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it.     God holds back His throne from being seen;   God spreads His cloud over it, glory shekinah;
26:10     He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.     God compasses the waters with boundaries; 
26:11      The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His reproof.    God reproves;
26:12     He divideth the sea with His power, and by His understanding He smiteth through the proud.     God divides the sea;   God's power;  God's understanding;  God  smites the proud;
26:13     By His spirit He hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the crooked serpent;    God's Spirit;   God garnishes the heavens with His Presence;   God's hand forms the crooked serpent;
26:14      Lo, these are parts of His ways; but how little a portion is heard of Him?  but the thunder of His power who can understand?     God's ways;   God reveals speaks portion of His ways;   God's power, who can understand;
Chapter 27
27:2     As God liveth, Who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, Who hath vexed my soul;         God lives;  God takes away;   God judges;  God accused of taking away judgement;   God's name - Almighty;   God vexes souls;  God accused of vexing his soul; 
27:3      and the spirit of God is in my nostrils     God's spirit of life in the nostrils of man;
27:5     God forbid that I should jusutify you     God forbids;
27:8     when God taketh away his soul    God takes away the soul;
27:9     Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?    God is questioned whether He hears the crie of the hypocrite;    God hears the cries;
27:10     Will he delight himself in the Almighty?   will he always call upon God?    God's Name - Almighty;   God is to be delighted in;   God is to be called upon;\
27:11     I will teach you by the hand of God:  that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.    God's hand to give ability to teach;   God's name - Almighty;   God shares that that is with Him;
27:13     This is the portion of a wicked man with God and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty     God judges the wicked and this is their heritage;   God's Name - Almighty;   God gives and man receives;
27:22     For God shall cast upon him and not spare; he would fain flee out of His hand.    God cast upon the wicked and will not spare;   God's hand holds forth the wicked, thought they seek to flee away.
Chapter 28
28:3     He setteth an end to darkness     God sets end to darkness;
28:9     He putteth forth His hand upon the rock, He overturneth the mountains by the roots     God puts forth His hand upon rock;  God overturns mountains; 
28:10     He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and His eye seeth every precious thing.    God cuts out rivers;   God's eye see every precious thing;   all seeing;
28:11     He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth He forth to light.    God bind floods from overflowing;   God brings forth hid things to light;
28:23     God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof.      God understand the way;   God knows place of all;
28:24     For He looketh to the ends of the earth and seeth under the whole heaven.    God looks to ends of earth;  God sees everything under the whole heaven. 
28:25     to make the weight for the winds; and He weigheth the waters by measure.    God makes weight for wind;  God weighs water by measure;
28:26     When He made a decress for the rain, and a way for the lighting of the thunder.     God decrees rain;  God makes way for lighting and thunder;
28:27      Then did He see it; and declare it; He prepared it, yea, and searched it out.    God sees it all; God declares it;  God prepares it;   God searches it out;
28:28       And unto man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom and to depart from evil is understanding.     And God said;    the fear of the Lord; 
Chapter 29    
29:2     as in the days when God preserved me     God preserves men;
29:3     When His candle shined upon my head, and when by His light I walked through darkness     God's candle of light shined upon him;   God's light that allows for us to walk through the darkness of this world;
29:4     when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle     God's secret;
29:5     When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me     God is with men;  God's Name - Almighty;
Chapter 30
30:11     Because He hath loosed my cord    God lets loose of his cord;
30:19     He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.    God is accused of casting him into the mire;
30:20     I cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not hear me;  I stand up and Thou regardest me not.    God is accused of not hearing his cry;   God is accused of not regarding him;
30:21      thou art become cruel to me:  with Thy strong hand Thou opposest Thyself against me.    God is accused of being cruel to him;   God's strong hand is accused of opposing him;
30:22      Thou liftest me up to the wind; Thou causest me to ride upon it, and dishonorest my substance.     God lifts up;   God causes men to ride upon the wind;   God accused of dishonoring his substance;
30:23     For I know that Thou wilt bring me to death and to the house appointed for all living.      God brings men to death;
30;24      Howbeit He will not stretch out His hand to the grave, though they cry in His destruction.    God will not stretch out His hand to those in the grave;   God's destruction of men's lives;
Chapter 31
31:2     For what portion of God is there from above?   and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?      God gives portion from above, but largely unknown by man;    God's Name - Almighty;   God's inheritance from on high; 
31:4     Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps?     God sees the ways of man;  God counts the steps of man;
31:6     that God may known my integrity     God knows;
31:14     what shall I do when God riseth up?  and when He visiteth, what shall I answer Him?    God rises up;   God visits;  God speaks and men must answer Him;
31:15     did not He that made me in the womb make him?  and did not one fashion us in the womb?    God made us in the womb;   God fashioned us in the womb;
31:23      For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.    God destroys;   God is high and above;
31:28     for I should have denied the God that is above.    God is not to be denied;  God is above;
31:35     that the Almighty would answer me and that mine adversary had written a book     God's name - Almighty;   God to answer those that call;
31:37     I would declare unto Him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto Him.    God knows our steps and does not need man to declare it to Him;   God is to be drawn near to;
Chapter 32
32:2      because he justified himself rather than God     God is just;
32:8      the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding     God's Name - Almighty;    God gives inspiration and understanding;
32:13     We have found out wisdom:  God thrusteth him down, not man.    God thrust men down;
32:22     in so doing my Maker would soon take me away    God is the Maker of mankind and all that is;
Chapter 33
33:4     The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.    God is Spirit;  God made man;   God's Name - Almighty;   God gives life and breath;
33:6     Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead;   God does not need any man to stand in His stead;
33:10     Behold, He findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for His enemy     God is accused of finding occasion against Job;  God is counted as Job's enemy;
33:11     He putteth my feet in the stocks, He makreth all my paths.    God is accused of putting him in stocks;  God makrs all the paths of men;
33:12     God is greater than man     God is great and greatly to be praised;
33:13     Why dost thou strive against Him?   for He giveth not account of any of His matter     God knows those that strive against Him;   God does not need to give account of His matters to men;
33:14     For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.    And God said/spoke; 
33:16     Then He openeth the ears of men and sealeth their instruction.    God opens the ears of man;   God seals their instructions given to them;
33:17     That He may withdraw man from his purpose and hide pride from man.    God sseeks to withdraw men from their purposes and put away pride from them;
33:18       He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.     God keeps men back from going into hell and death;  God can sustain life from perishing in war;
33:26     He shall pray unto God and He will be favourable unto him:  and he shall see His face with joy; for He will render unto man his rightouesness      God receives the prayers offered before Him and unto Him;   God is favourable to them;   God's face to be seen with joy for those that please Him;   God renders righteousness to them that seek Him;
33:29     these things worketh God oftentimes with man    God works among men;
Chapter 34
34:5      I am righteous; and God hath taken away my judgement.    God accused of taking away his judgement;  God is Judge and judges rightly;
34:9     For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.    God is to be delighted in and causes delight;
34:10     far be it from God that He should to wickedness and from the Almighty that He should commit iniquity.    God cannot do wickedness;   God's Name - Almighty;   God cannot commit iniquity;
34:12     Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.    God cannot do wickedly;   God's name - Almighty;   God' cannot pervert judgement;
34:14     If He set His heart upon man, if He gather unto Himself his spirit and his breath     God's heart set upon man;  God gathers unto Himself the spirit and breath of man;
34:19     for they all are the work of His hands     God's hand created all;
34:21     For His eyes are upon the ways of man, and He seeth all his goings.    God's eyes see the ways of man;   God sees all man's goings;
34:23     For He will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God     God does not lay upon men more than is just and right;   God is judge of all the earth and judges rightly;
34:24     He shall break in pieces the mighty men without number and set others in their stead.     God breaks in pieces the mighty;  God set others up in their place;
34:25     Therefore He knoweth their works, and He overturneth them in the night so that they are destroyed.     God knows their works;  God overturns them and destroys them;
34:26     He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;    God strikes the wicked openly;
34:27      Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of His ways:   God sees and knows them that turn back from Him;   God knows those that reject His ways;
34:28     cause the cry of the poor to come unto Him, and He heareth the cry of the afflicted     God knows the cries of the poor that comes before Him;   God hears the cry of the afflicted; 
34:29      When He giveth quietness , who then can make trouble?  and when He hideth His face, who then can behold Him?  whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:     God gives quietness;   God hides His face none can behold Him;  God can do this unto a nation or a man;
34:31      Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:    God knows those things spoken and not spoken before Him; 
34:32      That which I see not teach Thou me;  if I have done iniquity I will do no more.    God teaches the humble man that which he sees not;
34:33     He will recompense it     God recompsense the ways of men;
34:37     and multiplieth his words against God    God knows those that speak against Him and His ways;
Chapter 35
35:2      My righteousness is more than God's?    God righteousness is imparted to those that seek Him;  God's righteousness is supreme;
35:6     What doest thou against Him?  what doest thou unto Him?    God sees and knows those that sin and commits iniquity against Him;
35:7     If thou  be rightoues, what givest thou Him?   or what receiveth He of thine hand?    God gives unto man, what can man give unto God;
35:10     Where is thy God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night:    God's name - Maker;   God gives songs in the night;
35:11     Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?      God teaches man;  God makes us wiser than animals and birds;
35:13      Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it     God does not vanity;   God's name - Almighty;   God does not regard their words or ways;  \
35:14      although thou sayest thou shalt not see Him, yet judgment is before Him; therefore trust thou in Him.    God has declared that every eye shall Him and bow before Him and confess Him;   God sets judgement before Him;   God is to be trusted in;
35:15     He hath visited in His anger;  yet He knoweth it not in great extremity;    God visits in anger;   God knows balance of it all;
Chapter 36
36:2     speak on God's behalf     God does not need men to speak on His behalf;
36:3    will ascribe righteousness to my Maker     God's Name - Maker;   God is rightoues;
36:4     He that is perfect in knowledge is with thee    God is perfect;  God's knowledge complete;
36:5     Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength and wisdom    God is mighty (2);   God needs not despise any for they are all beneath Him;   God is mighty in stregnth and wisdom;
36:6     He preserveth not this life of the wicked; but giveth right to the poor.    God does not preserve the life of the wicked;   God gives to the poor;
36:7     He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous:  but with kings are they on the throne; yea, He doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.    God's eyes are on the rightoues;   God establishes kings and exalts one and then another;
36:9     Then He sheweth them their work and their transgressions that they have exceeded.    God shows men their works and transgressions against Him;
36:10    He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.    God opens the ear to hear their discipline and the Lord commands for them to return from their sinful ways;
36:11     If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.    God sees and knows those that obey and serve Him;   God can bless their days in prosperity and pleasure for obedience;
36:13     when He binds them     God can bind disobedient men;
36:15    He delivereth the poor in his affliction and openeth their ears in oppression    God can deliver;   God opens the ears;
36:16     even so would He have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place      God can removed into broad places;
36:18     lest He take thee away with His stroke     God strikes men in a moment;
36:19     Will He esteem thy riches?  no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.    God does not esteem the riches of man nor their gold or strength;
36:22     Behold, God exalteth by His power, who teacheth like Him?    God exalts by His power;   God teaches and there is none like Him;
36;23     Who hath enjoined Him His way?  or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?    God establishes the way, His ways are right;   God does not commit nor allow iniquity;
36:24     Remember that thou magnify His work, which men behold;    God's works are to be magnified before men;
36:26      Behold, God is great and we know Him not, neither can the number of His years be searched out.     God is great in all His ways;    God cannot be fully known by finite man;   God's years can not be searched out;  He is eternal, infinite, without beginning without end;
36:27      for He maketh small the drops of water;      God makes the rain to come down;
36:29     or the noise of His tabernacle?     God's tabernacle above and the noises that come from it;
36:30     Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.     God spread the light upon it above and the sea below;
36:31     He judges the people; He giveth meat in abundance      God judges the ways of men upon them;   God gives abundance of meat for sustenance;
36:32     With clouds He covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.     God covers the light by clouds;   God commands it not to shine by the weather;
Chapter 37
37:2      He hear attentively the noise of His voice, and the sound that goeth out of His mouth     God's voice thunders;.   God's mouth speaks;
37:3     He directeth it under the whole heaven, and His lighting unto the ends of the earth.    God directs everything under the whole heaven;   God's lighting goes forth to the ends of the earth;
37:4     He thundereth with the vvoice of His excellency; and He will not stay them when His voice is heard.     God's voice in excellency thundereth;    God's voice will be heard;
37:5     God thundereth marvellously with His voice, great things doeth He, which we cannot comprehend.     God voice marvellously thundereth;   God does great things;   man cannot comprehend the ways of God;
37:6      For He saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of His strength.     And God said/spoke;    God commands the weather;   God's strength is great;
37:7     He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know His work.      God seals man's hand, stops them;    God's works to be known by men;
37:10     By the breath of God frost is given; and the breadth of the waters is straitened     God's breath;
37:11     Also by watering He wearieth the thick cloud; He scattereth His bright cloud;    God wearieth;  God scattereth;
37:12     And it is turned round about by His counsels:  that they may do whatsoever He commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.    the Lord commanded;   God's counsels;   God commands and it is done;
37:13     He causeth it to come whether for correction, or for His land, or for mercy.    God causes it to come;   God's land;
37:14     stand still and consider the wondrous works of God      God's works are wondrous;
37:15     Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of His cloud to shine?    God disposed them in creation and purpose;   God's cloud shined as He said;
37:16     Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of Him which is perfect in knowledge?     God's works are wondrous;    God's works perfect in knowledge;
37:17     when He quieteth the earth by the south wind?    God brings the south wind and warmeth;
37:18     Hast thou with Him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?     God spread out the sky;
37:19      Teach us what we shall say unto Him; for we cannot order our speech by reason fo darkness.    God spoken to and what shall be said;
37:20      Shall it be told Him that I speak?  if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.     God knows who speaks to Him and what is said; 
37:22     with God is terrible majresty     God is majestic and it is terrible in presence;
37:23      Touching the Almighty we cannot find Him out; He is excellent in power, and in judgement, and in plenty of justice:  He will not afflict.     God's Name - almighty;   God cannot be found out in His infiniteness;   God is excellent in power, judgement and justice;
37:24      Men do therefore fear Him; He respecteth not any that are wise of heart.     the fear of the Lord;   God knows those that fear Him;   God does not respect man who thinks himself wise in his own heart;
Chapter 38
38;1       Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said     And God said/spoke;   God answered Job;
38:3     I will demand of thee and answer thou Me.    God demands an answer   
38:4      Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?    God laid the foundations of the earth;
38:7     all the sons of God shouted for joy?    God's sons shout joy and give praise to Him;
38:9     When I made the cloud the garment thereof and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it     God made the clouds;
38:10     And brake up for it My decreed place and set bars and doors     God created and decreed it;
38:11     And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further:  and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?     And God said/spoke;   God commands nature;
38:23    Which I have reserved against the time of trouble    God reserves these things for His puprose and will;
38:41     Who provideth for the reaven his food?  when his young ones cry unto God, they wander fro lack of meat.     God hears and knows the cries of aniamals for food;
Chapter 39
39:6      Whose house I have made the wilderness and the barren and his dwellings.     God made the wilderness to be kept and keep those thigns;
39:17      Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath He imparted to her understanding.    God deprives of wisdom;   God does not impart understanding;   God withholds;
Chapter 40
40:1     Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said     God answers;
40:2     shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him?  he that reproveth God, let him answer it.    God's Name - Almighty;  God is contended with;   God is reproved and  God requires Job  must give answer to Him;
40:3     Then Job answered the Lord, and said,    God is answered;
40:4    Behold I am vile; what shall I answer Thee?      God is not able to be answered by Job, for he is vile in His sight;
40:6     then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind and said    God answers Job; And God said/spoke;
40:7     I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.    God demands of him;  God awaits answer from him;
40:8     Wilt thou also disannul My judgment?  wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be righteous?   God's judgement cannot be disannuelled;   God cannot be condemned;
40:9     Hast thou an arm like God?  or canst thou thunder with a voice like Him?    God's arm, none like it;  God's voice, none like it;
40:14     Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.   God confess;
40:15     which I made with thee,    God made everything;
40:19     He is the chief of the ways of God:  He that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.   God's ways;   God made him;  God can allow his sword to appraoch;
Chapter 41
41:10     who then is able to stand before Me?   there is none that can stand before God;
41:11     Who hath prevented Me, that I should repay him?  whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine.     God cannot be prevented;   God repays;   God created and possesses everything under heaven;
41:12      I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.     God will not conceal him and his strength and power;
Chapter 42
42:1     then Job answered the Lord and said    God is answered;
42:2     I know that Thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from Thee.    God can do everything and anything, nothing too hard for Him;   God knows all thoughts;  Omniscient;
42:4     Hear, I beseech Thee and I will speak;  I will demand of Thee and declare Thou unto me.    God hears those that speak unto Him;   God is demanded of by Job to answer him;
42:5     I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear:  but now mine eye seeth Thee.   God is heard of by the ears;   God is seen with the eyes;
42:7     that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee and against thy two friends:  for ye have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job hath.     And God said/spoke;   God's wrath against them;   God knows what they said of Him was not right;   God's servant Job;
42:8     for him will I accept:  lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of Me the thing which is right, like My servant Job.    God accepts His Own;   God deals with men after their folly;   God knows and hears that which has been said of Him, whether it be right or not;   God's servant Job;
42:9     did according as the Lord commanded them:  the Lord also accepted Job.    the Lord commanded;   God accepts Job;
42:10    And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends:   also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.    God turns the captivity of Job away upon Job praying for his friends;   God gave twice as much to Job;
42:11     over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him     God brings/allows  evil upon men;
42:12     so the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning     God is able to bless; God can make latter end more than beginning;

Started:  April 30, 2019

Continued:   5/2;5/4;5/5;5/7;5/8;5/9;5/10;5/11;5/12;5/14;5/16;5/19;5/24;5/27;5/29;6/1;6/2;6/3;6/4;6/5;6/8;6/13;6/14;

Finished:    June 14, 2019

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

IN SEASON & OUT OF SEASON; UP'S & DOWN'S OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

Greetings,
"And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they."   I Kings 20:22
"And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but He is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord."   I Kings 20:28

"Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine."  II Timothy 4:2

Life is filled with ups and downs; ins and outs.  And to often people want it all one way or the other.  But this is not how it goes.   The spiritual life is much of the same.   Paul told Timothy to preach the Word, in season and out of season.   If any one knew of in and out of season, it was Paul.  but any Christian knows that at the apex of spiritual delight, joy and Spirit filled, Satan will find a way in to rob and steal the joy and bring them down from their mountain high experience in the Lord. 

In Pilgrim's Progress, Christian learned this time and again, there were several blessed spots, that he was almost content to settle down and enjoy.  but if he settled down, he would not journey, nor arrive to the Celestial City where his Savior was.   Let us understand that every season is for a purpose; but it is not the final purpose, its time to move on to the next.

Now in the above Scripture of I Kings, the king of Syria had come against Israel.  Yet their pride and ungodliness was an offence to the Lord.  But so was Ahab and Israel, yet God was intervening to deliver them from their hand.   Israel was sorely out-matched and should have been easily defeated.  However, God speaks and leads them to victory.  Yet, when the Syrians looked at why they lost the first battle, they concluded that it was because the Lord God was only a God of hills, but not of valleys.  We know this to be ridiculous, for He is God of all of the heavens and all of the eaerth.

And when they sought to have a second battle, God once again intervened for Israel and declared that because they had limited Him to only a God of the hills, He would show them Who He was.   God of all, God of hills and God of valleys.   And the final phrase in verse 28, 'that they may know that I am the Lord."   God would be glorified in this. 

Now brethren, we are very quick to assert that in "good" and "blessed" times God is present and near and has everything under control.   yet, when those moments of "bad" and seemingly 'unblessed' times that God is absent, not there.  but God is there for His children.  Too often in those moments that the Christian is describing that God has left, or withdrawn, they use the words of 'feeling' or 'emotions'.   Ah brethren, be careful with this!!  Satan would make much of us relying on our feelings rather the reality and facts of what God has said.

Has He not said? "Lo, I am with you even unto the end of the age";
Has He not said? "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."
Has He not said? "if you abide in Me, I will abide in you"

There are numerous other verses of promises and directive that God gives us to understand that feelings may say we are left, or alone;  but the Word of God says, 'No, He is here'.  Now it may be a season like Jacob in the wilderness when he awoke and saw the heavenly vision and said, 'Surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not." 

Reality vs. Emotions


Avoidance of Sin



Focus on God




Until,
Dan

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

PRAYER BLOG - APRIL 23

Greetings,

"HELP"
I wrote a few weeks ago and knew that the Lord was revealing of tragedy to come.   Thank to each of you  that have written, prayed and contacted me during these days.   Awaiting in uncertainty is a hard thing.   So it has been waiting for 'something' to happen.   But not always clear when it happens that that is it.  However, over the last week, the events have happened to bring us to a knowledge of what it may have been.

As I shared previously, the last time these moments came, the days that followed were the Las Vegas mass shooting; school shootings, and police officers being killed.   I watched and waited to hear and see if anything matched this.   Over the last week, 4 school shootings have been averted and stopped.   One in Colorado, of a young 18 yr old girl from Florida 'obsessed' with Columbine, went there to do a repeat.   Prayers were offered up for that to be stopped.  I prayed that her life would be spared for the saving of the soul.   Unfortunately, as you may have read that did not happen, as she took her own life; but the tragedy of a school shooting was stopped. 
In Wisconsin, a 17 yr. old boy killed his grandparents and then was set to go to his school and kill.   But instead he called the police about his grandparents deaths and they found out his plan and arrested him.   Death again of innocents, but great tragedy averted. 
Two other smaller instances were found out and stopped before anything could materialize.
Victory! 

But, 'continue in prayer'  we still have a month and 1/2 of school remaining.

The second thing is the church bombings on Easter.   The churches plus the hotels have left the dead at almost 300.   That which we have seen near and far should alarm us at the rate of persecution swelling throughout the world.  they are now reporting that over 1500 Nigerians Christians have been killed by Islam radicals within the last year.  No alarm, no cries against, almost unheard about.   This will be the norm its seems for the future. 

Major death in Sri Lanka and the school shooting averted, and the lessen of it upon me,  it seems the time has passed.   I wish that I had more concrete words to you, but this is enough for me to 'let go'. 
I am not certain that these events are it, but they are of that caliber for me to say, 'look and see'.  Now it is that we must stay more diligent and pressing into the kingdom.  the warfare is increasing and the times of tribulation are doubling.   Greater and greater calamities are happening, all of which it is not possible to follow all of it.   Yet, it is enough that we see we are in a changing time frame of biblical end times.   There is a major shift in our world, getting ready to lead us into the next phase toward the end. 

Again thank you to those that prayed and have held these things before the Lord.   blessings upon each of you!   'Watch and pray" brethren.   Be faithful.

PRAYER TARGETS:
--persecuted church - we have never seen the assault like now;  'Satan is frantic, for he knows his time is running out';   governments, religions, cults, hate, evil unlike any thing we have known before against churches, and brothers and sisters in Christ;   How much more should we be ready when it comes here.   Prepare the church now for that which shall be.  And continue to pray as we have only begun to see the tribulation that shall come upon God's people;
--China - government continues to crack down on Christians;
--Nigeria - stats revealing almost 2000 Christians killed in last 6 months;  conflict of Boko Haran and other Islam groups, burning churches and attacking;
--Sri Lanka - over 300 killed;   radical Islam again; 
Plagues:
--cancers;  continued lists of those being prayed over and for;
--measles outbreak highest in recent decades;
--ebola in Democratic Conggo;
--Ecoli - another recall of over 100,000 pounds of burger;   this coupled with all the other recent disposal of food is alarming; 
Natural Disasters:
--Mozambigue to get hit again with another cyclone;  directly upon same area devastated less than a month ago;
--crops in Mid-west still flooded;  no crops this year;
--earthquakes in Philippines back to back;

UPDATES:
--the Activity of God - Ezra is done; Nehemiah finishing, chapter 11; and Esther forth coming;  which again Esther is one of 2 books in the bible that does not mention "God"; 
--bible reading up through I Chronicles;
--sermons from Good Friday service and Easter services were facebook live streamed;  saved but I have not had time nor figured how to upload to my youtube page;
--A Word - have not hardly touched this in the month of April;
--with so many struggling in day to day spiritual discip0lines, I was led to write on staying "In season and Out of season and with UP & Downs'";   posted on the blog;

Until,
dan


Started:  April 23, 2019

Continued: 4/24; 4/25;

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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

PRAYER BLOG - APRIL 17

Greetings,

"And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father."   I Kings 11:6

Are we here with Solomon?  Has our great passion, our great heart for the Lord now become this sinful epitaph, 'they went not fully after the Lord'?

As Solomon let up in his pursuit of God and the things of God, his heart was slowly turned away by women and the false gods.   It did not happen over night, but gradually over two decades it happened.  The first two decades of Solomon he was on track and right before the Lord as he built the temple and his house;  but somewhere during those last two decades of his 40 year reign this happened.

when the heart stops going after the Lord fully, self, sin and Satan is gaining ground.   Occupying more time, more thoughts, more habits and routines and the things of the Lord are becoming less.   Satan takes full advantage of this and seeks a to kill the Christian witness, joy and life completely.   Many are shipwrecked due to this.   And I fear, more than likely they did not know or understand this truth, it happened because 'they went not fully after the Lord'. 

In regards to prayer and the prayer closet, I often wonder about this in our prayer meetings and times.  Those times of prayer which seems so mechanical, right words, but no heart.  Is such not guilty of 'they went not after the Lord fully'?   And then you see the examples as Nehemiah, 'he sat down, he wept, he mourned, he fasted and then he prayed'.    And the words of emphasis that should be within our prayer times. or urgency and fervency and emergency.   These three words are my catalyst that I not be found guilty in prayer of 'went not fully after the Lord'.   but always remembering 'what's at stake' - eternity.   What's the price if I do not fully go after the Lord in prayer?   Evil advances, sin prevails, souls are lost and God's Name and kingdom are hindered.   This cannot be acceptable in our prayer lives or times. 

I have given a numerical response to the prayer life of the SBC - 12% have an hour corporate prayer each month;  88% do not have an hour corporate prayer meeting within a months time.    As could any one suggest that the SBC prayer life is guilty of 'they went not fully after the Lord'.   In prayer or any of our disciplines we must answer this question.   'Am I going fully after the Lord?'   Paul wrote these words, 'spend and be spent for the kingdom.'  And this emphasis for being more and abiding more in Christ is absolutely necessary.  For if we knew and pressed it sore to our hearts we would not be so prayerless.   We would not be etched with 'they went not fully after the Lord'.   Recognizing this sin, confessing this sin and remedying this sin is crucial for our hour. 

Let not our prayer life become routine; dismissal; sporadic; half-hearted; tear-less; unction-less;  but let it be filled with fervency, urgency for we are living in an emergency time. 

In regards to my last email and call for help. . . 

Although the burden upon me as lessened, I do not believe that it has been resolved.   How I thank God for each of you that wrote and prayed with me over these last few weeks.  I know not what to do in these uncharted waters, except to 'continue in prayer';  and 'watch and pray'.   The incidents over the last week are alarming of two school shooting stopped; as well as the other suicides and murder-suicides.   Evil is present and dominating minds and hearts.   Herein is our spiritual battle. 

I will continue to pray towards this end, 'deliver us from evil'.   And praying specifically in the heart and mind of Satan's lies, temptations, and ploys.   It is a hard thing to discern God's judgement and Satan's attacks.   sin produces both; but the bestower of them is different.  One is merciful the other is not.   but this is the reason of 'greater is He that in you than he that is in the world.'   I simply ask of you to continue in prayer with me and for me.   Let us pray towards this end. 

Some evil is in the works, or set into motion.   Prayer is the power to undo an stop it.   God be glorified in all of it. 




PRAYER TARGETS:
--heightened increase in deaths;   parents killing children;  two more murder-suicides;  2 threats of school shootings, at this time looks like both contained;
--increase of food shortage;    ecoli, salmonella, pig virus china to kill 200 million pigs;   natural disasters destroyed in Australia and Mid-West of US cattle;   this is going to impact food prices.  Its' global.
--Plagues - measles outbreak in US;   cancers;   Ebola virus in Democratic Congo - 1100 affected, 700 deaths;   new drug resistant strand of yeast fungal which is just getting started, here in US and global. 
--refugees camps, continue globally of millions in need of continued basic needs; 
--crisis in Venezuela - reports of people turning back to the church for help and God; 
--Paris, France - weekend protests have continued for months;   Police officers so far this month have seen 24 police officers commit suicide - that's 1 death every 4 days;    great plague of evil on the minds of men;
--Sudan president ousted - praying for moderate president allowance of religious freedom and advancement away from that despair there;    over 500,000 deaths estimated due to war, religious persecution and famine;
--continued flooding in Mid-west to affect crops clear through June;
--record flooding in Iran has shut down oil refineries;
--storm that hit east Africa last month has reached 1000 deaths;   destruction on a scale that is reported that they have never seen before; disease no doubt to follow;

UPDATES:
--bible readings - up through I Kings 13;
--The Activity of God - Ezra complete, starting into Nehemiah;
--A Word - only a few verses started in Isaiah chapter 59;  no time at all this month invested in writing;
--sermons on youtube are now a major issue;   they stopped the live feeds, unless you have 1000 subscribers;   problems uploading recorded videos;   have got Keyser church uploaded, but error readings when trying to upload Fox's Hollow;

Until,
Dan

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