Job 5:8
Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, 1 And will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all; 1
Updated 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 labor, 1 And even so the vulture’s young seek the high places. 1
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 thy heart pure, 1 And liftest up thine hands toward him; 1
Job 22:27And he shall hear thee when thou prayest to him, 1 And he shall grant thee power to pay thy vows. 1
Psalms 50:15Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; 1 And ungodly men shall turn to thee. 1
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 →