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“Why is light given to one burdened with grief,And life to the bitter of soul,Who long for death, but there is none,And dig for it more than for hidden treasures;Who are filled with jubilation,And rejoice when they find the grave?Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,And whom God has shut off?For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,And my cries pour out like water.For…
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“Why did I not perish at birth,Come out of the womb and die?Why did the knees receive me,And why the breasts, that I would nurse?For now, I would have lain down and been quiet;I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,With kings and counselors of the earth,Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;Or with rulers who had gold,Who were filling their houses with silver.Or like a miscarriage which is…
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“Afterward, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. And Job said,‘May the day on which I was born perish,And the night which said, ‘A boy is conceived.’May that day be darkness;May God above not care for it,Nor light shine on it.May darkness and black gloom claim it;May a cloud settle on it;May the blackness of the day terrify it.As for that night, may darkness seize it;May…
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*”Now when Job’s three friends heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, they came, each one from his own country: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him. When they raised their eyes from a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of…
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*”Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head. And Job took a piece of pottery to scrape himself while he was sitting in the ashes. Then his wife said to him, ‘Do you still hold firm your integrity? Curse God and die!’ But he said to her, ‘You are speaking…
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“Again, there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord. The Lord said to Satan, ‘Where have you come from?’ Then Satan answered the Lord and said, ‘From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.’ The Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered My servant Job? For there…
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“Then Job got up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground and worshiped. And he said,‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb,And naked I shall return there.The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.Blessed be the name of the Lord.’Despite all this, Job did not sin, nor did he blame God.” Context and Meaning These verses capture Job’s raw yet profound response to…
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TIME FOR PROVIDENCE 