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2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Lord have mercy on me. Tell me why are you allowing this to happen to me?
Job says I will take my chances and tell God how I feel. Job is still in awe of God, but he does not understand what is happening to him. Satan hates man. If he could destroy Job, he would have. He used the next best thing and that was to make him live and suffer as long as he can. Yes, God allowed it. Job was the only man that God knew could handle what Job is going through.
3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Lord, do you take pleasure in watching me suffer like this? Do you understand you made me? And yet you let the wicked get by?
4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Are your eyes limited like man? Do you see things the way men see?
5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
Is time measured for you as for man?
6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
Do you have a limit to how long I will suffer? Am I paying for what I have done wrong?
7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
Lord, you know I have not done wrong. Yet there is no one that can rescue me from you.
8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
You made me and you are destroying me.
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
You made me from dirt, are you bringing back to the dust I was made of?
10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
As semen from a man you made me and you allowed me to be processed in the womb to be formed as man.
11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
You allowed me to be born.
12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
You granted me life and I loved when you visited me.
13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
You made me and you have not forgotten that you did.
14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
If it something wrong I am guilty of, then you have me hit on my life. It seems you won't let up.
15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
If I have done wrong I deserve this (I guess). But, if I am righteous I am ashamed to hold my head up. Lord, I am confused. Lord have mercy on me, please.
16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
Every moment I breathe, the pain gets worse.
17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
New hit with fresh energy hunts me every day. Your charges against me seem to start over moment by moment.
18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
Why did you allow me to be born? I wish I never got past birth.
19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Why did you allow me to live beyond infancy?
20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Is there a limit to how long I will live? Please allow me to go from your presence.
21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Let me see die please....
22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Job wants out! I would rather die than to continue living life like this.
Conclusion:
In this chapter, I can understand Job. My thought is focused on the silence of God in the book of Job. Job is the book after the book of Esther. Esther had a problem but she knew how to solve the problem because she saw the problem maker, Haman. When we see the cause, we are able to justify the effect. However, in Job, had not God allowed us to see the conversation with Satan, I or we would be as lost Job. If I took a moment to define Satan's role, I would say easily, Satan cares nothing about man. He has never been a man, he does not understand God's creation of man. He treats man the way he thinks man deserves to be treated. Because he was an angel, he was instructed the right way to do things. He knows how God wants excellence. He understood the consequences of the power of God. Satan understood authority. Satan detests man. Satan is defeated. Man does not need Satan, he is to be ignored.
Now let's look at God who is using Job. Why did God allow Job to suffer? God has no pleasure in watching Job in pain. God used Job to answer questions that will be asked throughout eternity. Job was a man who obeyed God. Satan did not know the authority of man. God allowed Satan to test man. Job was the perfect man for the job. God uses Job to be an example to the human race. Name a problem that man has that Job did not experience. Man may bring upon himself the wages of sin. Job, however, did not do anything to cause the suffering he endured. God meant for man to learn from Job. Job sufferings allow us to know we can handle adversities. We will never experience what Job went through. God covered all that a man would encounter through Job and completed the suffering through Jesus. We can see the problems of Job and we can see the problem solver through, Jesus Christ. If we are confronted with one or more of the problems of Job, we can be assured we are covered. Job had no clue that God was allowing him to be tested. He told us we will be tested and what to do in the midst of it. God trusted Job. God did not stop the test. God allowed Job's test to start and he did not allow it to stop until it was complete. He did that so that man could grasp the concept of living eternally. We have to finish our course. If Job did it, then we can pass the test assigned to us. We have an example and we have what Job wished he had. We have the comfort of Job's test and we have the man Christ Jesus as our mediator.
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JOB 10
Just like a child
Who has lost his way
Job was man
Who hated the sight of day
He wanted to know
Where was the God he once knew
His mind, soul, and body
Was in a state that left him confused
Each morning Job awoke
He desperately wanted to die
To think that God forsook him
To sad, to hurt, no tears to cry
Job said right now Lord
I want to complain
Even an evil man
Doesn’t suffer this much pain
I mean no disrespect
My heart honors you
But do I deserve this?
Lord!! What did I do?
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