Job 5:8
Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
In Context
7yet man is born to labour, and even so the vulture's young seek the high places.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was afflicted, he sought the face of the Lord his God, and was greatly humbled before the face of the God of his fathers;
Job 11:13For if thou hast made thine heart pure, and liftest up thine hands towards him;
Job 22:27And he shall hear thee when thou prayest to him, and he shall grant thee power to pay thy vows.
Psalms 50:15Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and ungodly men shall turn to thee.
Jeremiah 11:20O Lord, that judgest righteously, trying the reins and hearts, let me see thy vengeance taken upon them, for to thee I have declared my cause.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:7-17
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their… Read the whole commentary →