“You gave me life and showed me kindness,  and in your providence watched over my spirit.” (10:12) The word translated here as “kindness” is the great Hebrew word hesed—a word so rich in its connotati...  Read More

“Did you not pour me out like milk  and curdle me like cheese,  clothe me with skin and flesh  and knit me together with bones and sinews?” (10:10-11) Are these the words of a doubting and rebellious ...  Read More

“I loathe my very life;  therefore I will give free rein to my complaint  and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.” (10:1) Most of the complaining that people do is petty and sinful, arising in one...  Read More

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But as for me, I would seek God, And I would place my cause before God; Who does great and unsearchable things, Wonders without number. He gives rain on the earth, And sends water on the fields. Job 5...  Read More

“Surely God does not reject a blameless man  or strengthen the hands of evildoers.” (8:20)Bildad is perfectly correct. Far from rejecting the blameless God says, “Never will I leave you; never will I ...  Read More

“When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.” (8:4)Bildad strikes a low blow indeed when he tries to drag Job’s children into the argument. Whether or not the...  Read More

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:  “How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.” (8:1-2) The cumulative weight of Job’s arguments in Chapter 7 ought to have been enough to driv...  Read More

“Why do you not pardon my offenses  and forgive my sins?” (7:21) Job believes and knows that his God is a forgiving God. His problem is that right now he does not feel forgiven. The very crux of the t...  Read More

Ever felt like you had no clue how to help someone who was hurting? It doesn’t matter if the pain is physical, emotional or spiritual. Too often we simply freeze, not really knowing how to best help o...  Read More

“I have sinned, [but] what have I done to you,  O watcher of men?  Why have you made me your target?” (7:20) Was Job a sinner? Do the righteous continue to sin? All such questions should be clearly re...  Read More

“Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath.” (7:7) This may well be the most significant verse in the entire book. Why? Because this is where we first hear Job break into prayer. Even his great pr...  Read More