Posts with the tag “job-19”

“Why do you pursue me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?” (19:22)People are fond of posing the dual questions, “Why is there so much suffering in the world?” and, “Why doesn’t God do ...  Read More

“Have pity on me, my friends, have pity,  for the hand of God has struck me.” (19:21) Who is the most important person in a church? Is it the head of the denomination? Is it the local pastor? Is it th...  Read More

“God has stripped me of my honor  and removed the crown from my head.” (19:9) Job’s language in Chapter 19 is full of haunting premonitions of Christ’s crucifixion: “[God’s] anger burns against me; he...  Read More

“[God] has blocked my way so I cannot pass;  he has shrouded my paths in darkness.” (19:8) In the book of Numbers there is a well-known scene in which the prophet Balaam tries to make his way along a ...  Read More

“How long will you torment me  and crush me with words? Ten times now you have reproached me;  shamelessly you attack me.” (19:2-3) If we think of Job as a temptation story prefiguring the temptation ...  Read More