Psalm 7

If one does not repent, God will whet his sword;
he has bent and strung his bow;
he has prepared his deadly weapons,
making his arrows fiery shafts.
See how they conceive evil,
and are pregnant with mischief,
and bring forth lies.
They make a pit, digging it out,
and fall into the hole that they have made.
Their mischief returns upon their own heads,
and on their own heads their violence descends.

The psalmist offers us two versions of divine punishment.

In the first a sky god descends from heaven with his weapons.

In the second evil and mischief dig their own grave.

Job was a good man who blamed God and insisted on self-justification.

Once Job stopped complaining, confessed he lacked basic understanding, and began to listen, "That which exists restored his fortunes."

The image is of Job and his friends by William Blake.

Psalm 7