But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Parallel translations
- WEB But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
- BSB But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
- NKJV But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,
- NASB “But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,
- NLT Yet they don’t ask, ‘Where is God my Creator, the one who gives songs in the night?
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Quick answer
Elihu laments that the oppressed cry out but no one asks, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night?' True comfort comes from seeking God Himself.
Overview
Elihu's critique is that sufferers often cry from pain without turning to seek their Maker. God 'gives songs in the night,' granting joy and hope even in darkness (cf. Ps. 42:8; Acts 16:25). The verse calls the afflicted to seek the Lord, not merely relief, a seeking that finds its rest in Christ, who is our song and consolation in every trial.
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Cross-references · 16
- Ps 42:8Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
- Acts 16:25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
- Ps 149:5Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
- Ps 77:6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
- Isa 51:13And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
- Eccl 12:1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
- 1 Pet 4:19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
- Isa 54:5For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
- Job 36:13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
- Job 27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
- 2 Chr 28:22–23And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
- Isa 8:21And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
- Job 32:22For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
- Job 36:3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
- 1 Chr 10:13–14So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
- Ps 119:62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
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