תלמוד על איוב 8:6

Rebbi Ḥananiah the colleague of the rabbis asked, does the Holy One, praise to Him, not see what is going to be? He did not hear what Rebbi Simon said in the name of Rebbi Joshua ben Levi: The Holy One, praise to Him, only judges a person according to his present state. What is the reason: Do not fear, for God heard the lad’s voice as he is there²²³Gen. 21:17, the main point of the Torah reading of the first day of the New Year. Babli 16b.. Rebbi Levi said, it is written, rakes will not stand before Him²²⁴Ps. 5:6.. Why? You hated all evil-doers²²⁴Ps. 5:6.. Rebbi Issachar from Kefar-Mendi preached: For He knows lying people, he saw wickedness, would He not understand²²⁵Job11:11. A adds (p. 37 l. 16): The Holy One, praise to Him, knows that criminals will be sinning but He does not consider their bad deeds up to the time they are acting on them and then He judges them.? <He will watch over you, bring peace into your virtuous home.²²⁶Job8:6.>²²⁷The bracketed text was added from G; it is the introduction to R. Joshua ben Levi’s statement. Rebbi Joshua ben Levi said, it is not written, “if you were pure and straight”, but if you are pure and straight^226,Job8:6.²²⁹Prov. 30:31.. Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba said, the strong of loins and the bellwether; the king, there is no standing with him²²⁹Prov. 30:31.. Usually every one tried to win over the other’s strength, but the Holy One, praise to Him, is not so but the King, there is no standing with him, He does not insist on His standing. [For]²³⁰Corrector’s addition, neither in the text nor in Psalms. not eternally He will fight²³¹Ps. 103:9, a pun of two different roots נצח “permanent” or “victorious”. God prefers people to become virtuous so He does not have to judge them. Babli Pesaḥim119a., He will not fight to be victorious.