Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you and enters into judgment with you?
And do you open your eyes on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?
Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
The Lord will enter into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: “It is you who have devoured the vineyard, the spoil of the poor is in your houses. What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?” declares the Lord God of hosts.
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
They have burned it with fire; they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your face!
At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse lay stunned.
When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah
For God has no need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.
Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; he would pay attention to me. There an upright man could argue with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.”
that he would argue the case of a man with God, as a son of man does with his neighbor.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.
If it is a contest of strength, behold, he is mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me?
For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
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