Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various trials,

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; because when he is approved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love Him.

[ 3:13] And Adam said, The woman whom You gave to be with me- she gave me of the tree, and I ate.

Why have You caused us to err, O Lord, from Your way? [And] have hardened our hearts, that we should not fear You? Return for Your servants' sake, for the sake of the tribes of Your inheritance,

Woe to him that builds a city with blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness.

Are not these things of the Lord Almighty? Surely many people have been exhausted in the fire, and many nations have fainted.

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?"