Job 5:8
However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
Berean Standard Bible
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 trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
9the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
Job 11:13As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
Job 22:27You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
Jeremiah 11:20O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
2 Timothy 1:12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
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 →