Also Job asked:
And he got no answer .... not for a quite while.... But he kept on asking and asking and asking.....
2 "A word was secretly brought to me,
my ears caught a whisper of it. 13 Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
14 fear and trembling seized me
and made all my bones shake.
15 A spirit glided past my face,
and the hair on my body stood on end.
16 It stopped,
but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
and I heard a hushed voice:
17 'Can a mortal be more righteous than God?
Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
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20 Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
unnoticed, they perish forever. 21 Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,
so that they die without wisdom?' [
a]
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1 "Call if you will, but who will answer you?
To which of the holy ones will you turn? 2 Resentment kills a fool,
and envy slays the simple.
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6 For hardship does not spring from the soil,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
7 Yet man is born to trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 "But if it were I, I would appeal to God;
I would lay my cause before him.
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17 "Blessed is the man whom God corrects;
so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. [
a]
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;
he injures, but his hands also heal.
19 From six calamities he will rescue you;
in seven no harm will befall you.
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8 "Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant what I hope for,
9 that God would be willing to crush me,
to let loose his hand and cut me off!
10 Then I would still have this consolation—
my joy in unrelenting pain—
that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
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2 Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,
or a hired man waiting eagerly for his wages,
3 so I have been allotted months of futility,
and nights of misery have been assigned to me.
4 When I lie down I think, 'How long before I get up?'
The night drags on, and I toss till dawn.
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8 that you examine him every morning
and test him every moment? 19 Will you never look away from me,
or let me alone even for an instant?
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you,
O watcher of men?
Why have you made me your target?
Have I become a burden to you? [
b]
21 Why do you not pardon my offenses
and forgive my sins?
For I will soon lie down in the dust;
you will search for me, but I will be no more."
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1 Then Job replied: 2 "Even today my complaint is bitter;
his hand [
a] is heavy in spite of [
b] my groaning.
3 If only I knew where to find him;
if only I could go to his dwelling!
4 I would state my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would find out what he would answer me,
and consider what he would say.
6 Would he oppose me with great power?
No, he would not press charges against me.
7 There an upright man could present his case before him,
and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
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8 "But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if I go to the west, I do not find him.
9 When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
10 But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
11 My feet have closely followed his steps;
I have kept to his way without turning aside.
12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
13 "But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?
He does whatever he pleases.
14 He carries out his decree against me,
and many such plans he still has in store.
15 That is why I am terrified before him;
when I think of all this, I fear him.
16 God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me.
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Job 23 - Passage Lookup - New International Version - BibleGateway.com
I cannot post all of the book here...but it would be worth while to read this book ...full of wisdom.
Criada have you read Job?
It is an extraordinary book
Job lost hope that God was there listening to him....He thought that God was no more in control of his life that God abandoned him or he was "playing a joke" on Him... Silly Job he did not realize that God was and will for EVER be in control of his life no matter what... That God would not let him die and indeed care for him. So many stories in the Bible are about trust.... Trusting in God fully without second thoughts without hesitation... This is a lesson on obedience indeed... but freedom to know that a loving God is always there no matter how much we goof up or make mistakes etc.....
I had to read it over and over during my trials with God. To be a christian is not easy. It is a life of straggle, tribulation, nightmares, visions and illusions.. Depending on your strenghth the devil sometimes hit you hard other times not as much... Absence of God or what the Devil wants you to believe....is the worse one...
It is when we fall into our knees that we are to have strenghth to get us and face up to our fears and just trust.....
