My times are in Your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

Because for every desire there is a time and judgment, for the evil of man increases greatly.

For he does not know what shall be; so who can tell him when it shall be?

I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all.

For man also does not know his time; as the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.

A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.

And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings, and sets up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.

For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

And He said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.

And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell everywhere on the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you.

Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, being devoted to corrupting spirits and doctrines of demons,

which He will reveal in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

By covetousness they will exploit you with well-turned words; whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.

But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same Word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

But, beloved, do not be unaware of this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, Jehovah, have not forsaken those who seek You.

O continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You sent.

For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will obliterate from off the face of the earth all living substance that I have made.

And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing,

And Jehovah said, The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is exceedingly heavy.

I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.

When I thought deeply in order to understand this, it was troublesome to me,

Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to desolation.

Righteous are You, O Jehovah, when I complain to You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those who deceive with treachery at ease?

But You, O Jehovah, know me. You have seen me and tried my heart toward You. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and consecrate them for the day of slaughter.

For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

But according to your hardness and impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,