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1 Chronicles 29 11
Lord, you are great and powerful. Glory, majesty and beauty belong to you. Everything in heaven and on earth belongs to you. Lord, the kingdom belongs to you. You are honored as the one who rules over all.
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Daniel 4:35
He considers all the nations on earth to be nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven. He does what he wants with the nations of the earth. No one can hold back his hand. No one can say to him,“ What have you done?”
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Job 38:4-41
“ Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you know.Who measured it? I am sure you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?What was it built on? Who laid its most important stone?When it happened, the morning stars sang together. All the angels shouted with joy.“ Who created the ocean? Who caused it to be born?I put clouds over it as if they were its clothes. I wrapped it in thick darkness.I set limits for it. I put its doors and metal bars in place.I said,‘ You can come this far. But you can’t come any farther. Here is where your proud waves have to stop.’“ Job, have you ever commanded the morning to come? Have you ever shown the sun where to rise?The daylight takes the earth by its edges as if it were a blanket. Then it shakes sinful people out of it.The earth takes shape like clay stamped with an official’s mark. Its features stand out like the different parts of your clothes.Sinners would rather have darkness than light. When the light comes, their power is broken.“ Have you traveled to the springs at the bottom of the ocean? Have you walked in its deepest parts?Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?Do you understand how big the earth is? Tell me, if you know all these things.“ Where does light come from? And where does darkness live?Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths to their houses?I am sure you know! After all, you were already born! You have lived so many years!“ Have you entered the places where the snow is kept? Have you seen the storerooms for the hail?I store up snow and hail for times of trouble. I keep them for days of war and battle.Where does lightning come from? Where do the east winds live that blow across the earth?Who tells the rain where it should fall? Who makes paths for the thunderstorms?They bring water to places where no one lives. They water deserts that do not have anyone in them.They satisfy the needs of dry and empty lands. They make grass start growing there.Does the rain have a father? Who is the father of the drops of dew?Does the ice have a mother? Who is the mother of the frost from the heavens?The waters become as hard as stone. The surface of the ocean freezes over.“ Can you tie up the cords of the Pleiades? Can you untie the belt that Orion wears?Can you bring out all the stars in their seasons? Can you lead out the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper?Do you know the laws that govern the heavens? Can you rule over the earth the way I do?“ Can you give orders to the clouds? Can you make them pour rain down on you?Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you,‘ Here we are’?Who gives the ibis wisdom? Who gives the rooster understanding?Who is wise enough to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens?I tip them over when the ground becomes hard. I do it when the dirt sticks together.“ Do you hunt for food for mother lions? Do you satisfy the hunger of their cubs?Some of them lie low in their dens. Others lie waiting in the bushes.Who provides food for ravens when their babies cry out to me? They wander around because they do not have anything to eat.
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Job 36:23
Who has told him what he can do? Who has said to him,‘ You have done what is wrong’?
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Job 40:8-11
“ Would you dare to claim that I am not being fair? Would you judge me in order to make yourself seem right?Is your arm as powerful as mine is? Can your voice thunder as mine does?Then put on glory and beauty as if they were your clothes. Also put on honor and majesty.Let loose your great anger. Look at those who are proud and bring them low.
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Romans 11:34-36
“ Who can ever know what the Lord is thinking? Or who can ever give him advice?”( Isaiah 40:13)“ Has anyone ever given anything to God, so that God has to pay them back?”( Job 41:11)All things come from him. All things are directed by him. All things are for his praise. May God be given the glory forever! Amen.
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Isaiah 40:13-14
Who can ever understand the Spirit of the Lord? Who can ever give him advice?Did the Lord have to ask anyone to help him understand? Did he have to ask someone to teach him the right way? Who taught him what he knows? Who showed him how to understand?
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Proverbs 8:23-30
I was formed a long, long time ago. I was formed at the very beginning, when the world was created.Before there were any oceans, I was born. It was before there were springs flowing with water.Before the mountains were settled in place, I was born. Before there were any hills, I was born.It happened before the Lord made the world and its fields. It was before he made the dust of the earth.I was there when he set the heavens in place. When he marked out the place where the sky meets the sea, I was there.That was when he put the clouds above. It was when he fixed the ocean springs in place.It was when he set limits for the sea so that the waters had to obey his command. When the Lord marked out the foundations of the earth, I was there.I was constantly at his side. I was filled with delight day after day. I was always happy to be with him.
