Wisdom & Truth Verses
Every verse of God's eternal Word carries wisdom and truth. A home for all the rich teachings not captured elsewhere.
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: {whose...: Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation}
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. {substance: or, estate} {the remnant...: or, their excellency}
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the {gold} of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. {as dust: or, on the dust}
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. {He shall...: or, The innocent shall deliver the island}
Even to day {is} my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. {stroke: Heb. hand}
Oh that I knew where I might find him! {that} I might come {even} to his seat!
I would order {my} cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
I would know the words {which} he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold {him}: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see {him}:
But he {is} in one {mind}, and who can turn him? and {what} his soul desireth, even {that} he doeth.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, {neither} hath he covered the darkness from my face.