For if He would confine, and restrain His Spirit with Himself;

all flesh would die together, and every mortal would return to the earth, from where he was formed.

[Such a one] as would not reverence the face of an honorable man, neither knows how to give honor to the great, so as that their persons should be respected.

For He surveys the works of men, and nothing of what they do has escaped Him.

For He will not lay upon a man more [than right].

since all the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the turning of a balance, [and] shall be counted as spittle?

and all the nations are as nothing, and counted as nothing.

[It is] He that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; He that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched [it] out as a tent to dwell in;

For they shall not plant, neither shall they sow, neither shall their root be fixed in the ground; He has blown upon them, and they have withered, and a storm shall carry them away like sticks.

And Samuel reported all the words, and did not hide them from him. And Eli said, He is the Lord, He shall do that which is good in His sight.

And if He too has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, for He has both willed a thing and done it.

For He spoke, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created.

But the counsel of the Lord endures forever, the thoughts of His heart from generation to generation.

But our God has done in heaven and on earth, whatsoever He has pleased.

all that the Lord willed, He did in heaven, and on the earth, in the sea, and in all the deep.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, As I have said, so it shall be; and as I have purposed, so [the matter] shall remain;

This is the purpose which the Lord has purposed upon the whole earth; and this the hand that is uplifted against all the nations.

declaring beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and they are accomplished together; and I said, all My counsel shall stand, and I will do all things that I have planned;

calling a bird from the east, and from a land afar off, for the things which I have planned; I have spoken, and brought [him]; I have created and made [him]; I have brought him, and prospered his way.

At that time Jesus answered and said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes.

Yes, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.

to do all that Your hand and Your counsel foreordained to come to pass.

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,

that at the name of Jesus every knee may bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,

and [that] every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Let all the earth fear the Lord; and let all that dwell in the world be moved because of Him.

He looks [down] from His dwelling place on all the inhabitants of the earth;

For the end, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear these words, all you nations, give ear, all you that dwell upon the earth;

which our soul longs for; my spirit seeks You very early in the morning, O God, for Your commandments are a light on the earth; learn righteousness, you that dwell upon the earth.

For He is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: who has hardened himself against Him and endured?

For [if] He has turned away [His] anger, the whales under heaven have stooped under Him.

And He will give quiet, and who will condemn? And He will hide His face, and who shall see Him? Whether it be done against a nation, or against a man, also:

[ 40:4] Have you an arm like the Lord's? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?

[ 40:6] And send forth messengers with wrath, and lay low every haughty one.

I know that You can do all things, and nothing is impossible with You.

There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly.

even from the beginning; and there is none that can deliver out of My hands; I will work, and who shall turn it back?

but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it--lest you even be found to fight against God."

And he said, "Who are You, Lord?" And the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

"If then God has given to them the same gift as He gave to us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I [to be] able to hinder God?"

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

If He would take away, who shall turn Him back? Or who shall say to Him, What have You done?

For how do you say, I am righteous, yet He has not listened to me? For He that is above mortals is eternal.

But you say, Why has He not heard every word of my cause?

[ 39:32] Will [anyone] pervert judgment with the Mighty One? And he that reproves God, let him answer it.

What excellent thing have I prepared as clay of the potter? Will the plowman plow the earth all day? Shall the clay say to the potter, What are you doing that you do not work, nor have hands? Shall the thing formed answer Him that formed it?

For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, who has formed the things that are to come, Inquire of Me concerning My sons, and concerning the works of My hands, ask of Me.

You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who has [ever] resisted His will?"

But indeed, O man, who are you to [be] answering back against God? Surely the thing formed will not say to him who formed it, "Why did you made me like this?"

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable [are] His judgments and untraceable [are] His ways!

"Or who has first given to Him, and it shall be repaid to him?"

For "Who has known the mind of the LORD, that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ.