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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

God “works all things after the counsel of His will” (Ephesians 1:11). This “all things” includes the fall of sparrows (Matthew 10:29), the rolling of dice (Proverbs 16:33), the slaughter of his people (Psalm 44:11), the decisions of kings (Proverbs 21:1), the failing of sight (Exodus 4:11), the sickness of children (2 Samuel 12:15), the loss and gain of money (1 Samuel 2:7), the suffering of saints (1 Peter 4:19), the completion of travel plans (James 4:15), the persecution of Christians (Hebrews 12:4-7), the repentance of souls (2 Timothy 2:25), the gift of faith (Philippians 1:29), the pursuit of holiness (Philippians 3:12-13), the growth of believers (Hebrews 6:3), the giving of life and the taking in death (1 Samuel 2:6) and the crucifixion of his Son (Acts 4:27-28).
John Piper

Biblical confession also includes a horizontal dimension – confession to one another, where we find powerful healing. Confession to God alone often does not lift us into the freedom we desire. With God alone, confession can be too easy. It is too easy to save face, and there is no healing, no release, in saving face, however earnest the confession to God might seem to be. Confession to God alone can be a way of not really facing ourselves and our sins. James 5:16 shows us where freedom can be found: “Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”
Ray Ortlund

Bible – chinese – 新标点和合本 约伯记 27

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约伯接着说:
 神夺去我的理,全能者使我心中愁苦。
我指着永生的 神起誓:
我的生命尚在我里面;
 神所赐呼吸之气仍在我的鼻孔内。
我的嘴决不说非义之言;
我的舌也不说诡诈之语。
我断不以你们为是;
我至死必不以自己为不正!
我持定我的义,必不放松;
在世的日子,我心必不责备我。
 
愿我的仇敌如恶人一样;
愿那起来攻击我的,如不义之人一般。
不敬虔的人虽然得利,
 神夺取其命的时候还有什么指望呢?
患难临到他,
 神岂能听他的呼求?
10 他岂以全能者为乐,
随时求告 神呢?
11  神的作为,我要指教你们;
全能者所行的,我也不隐瞒。
12 你们自己也都见过,
为何全然变为虚妄呢?
 
13  神为恶人所定的分,
强暴人从全能者所得的报+乃是这样:
14 倘或他的儿女增多,还是被刀所杀;
他的子孙必不得饱食。
15 他所遗留的人必死而埋葬;
他的寡妇也不哀哭。
16 他虽积蓄银子如尘沙,
预备衣服如泥土;
17 他只管预备,义人却要穿上;
他的银子,无辜的人要分取。
18 他建造房屋如虫做窝,
又如守望者所搭的棚。
19 他虽富足躺卧,却不得收殓,
转眼之间就不在了。
20 惊恐如波涛将他追上;
暴风在夜间将他刮去。
21 东风把他飘去,
又刮他离开本处。
22  神要向他射箭,并不留情;
他恨不得逃脱 神的手。
23 人要向他拍掌,
并要发叱声,使他离开本处。

+ 27:13 原文是产业