If I were you, I would turn to God and present my case to him.

But turn now and plead with Almighty God;

if you are so honest and pure, then God will come and help you and restore your household as your reward.

Now, Job, make peace with God and stop treating him like an enemy; if you do, then he will bless you.

Accept the teaching he gives; keep his words in your heart.

Samuel said to the people of Israel, "If you are going to turn to the LORD with all your hearts, you must get rid of all the foreign gods and the images of the goddess Astarte. Dedicate yourselves completely to the LORD and worship only him, and he will rescue you from the power of the Philistines."

He did what was evil, because he did not try to find the LORD's will.

But even so, there is some good in you. You have removed all the symbols of the goddess Asherah which people worshiped, and you have tried to follow God's will."

They will not be like their ancestors, a rebellious and disobedient people, whose trust in God was never firm and who did not remain faithful to him.

"The servant who knows what his master wants him to do, but does not get himself ready and do it, will be punished with a heavy whipping.

Ambassadors will come from Egypt; the Ethiopians will raise their hands in prayer to God.

my eyes are weak from suffering. LORD, every day I call to you and lift my hands to you in prayer.

I lift up my hands to you in prayer; like dry ground my soul is thirsty for you.