Job 5:8
I would look to God, And to God would I commit my cause,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
In Context
7Behold, man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
9Who doeth great things and unsearchable; Yea, marvellous things without number;
Cross References
Job 11:13If thou direct thy heart, And stretch out thy hands, toward him;
Job 22:27Thou shalt pray to him, and he shall hear thee, And thou shalt perform thy vows.
Psalms 50:15Then call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me!”
Jeremiah 11:20But, O Jehovah of hosts, the righteous judge, Who triest the reins and the heart, I shall see thy vengeance on them, For to thee have I revealed my cause!
2 Timothy 1:12For which cause I suffer also these things. But I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which he hath committed to me unto 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 →