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The Book of

Job 10

Job speaks, still answering Bildad in round one. But now he talks only to God. You made me. So why this?

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In this chapter

Where we are

  1. 1–3The testBlameless, stripped of everything, and his cry
  2. 4–14Round oneThe friends speak; Job answersChapter 10
  3. 15–21Round twoMy Redeemer lives
  4. 22–31Round threeThen wisdom, and Job's last defense
  5. 32–37ElihuA younger voice
  6. 38–41The LORD speaksOut of the whirlwind
  7. 42The endJob prays and is restored

Job’s Plea to God

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“I loathe my own life;

I will express my complaint

and speak in the bitterness of my soul.

I will say to God:

Do not condemn me!

Let me know why You prosecute me.

Does it please You to oppress me,

to reject the work of Your hands

and favor the schemes of the wicked?

Do You have eyes of flesh?

Do You see as man sees?

Are Your days like those of a mortal,

or Your years like those of a man,

that You should seek my iniquity

and search out my sin—

though You know that I am not guilty,

and there is no deliverance from Your hand?

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Job

Do You have eyes of flesh?

Job 10:4

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Job

You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.

Job 10:12

Reflect

Your hands

Even now Job can say, “Your care has preserved my spirit.” Where has God kept you, in a season you can look back on? Write it down, for the day you cannot see it.

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Gray breakers rolling one behind another toward a bare shore in dull evening light, seen from low on the rocks.

Yet You concealed these things in Your heart,

and I know that this was in Your mind:

If I sinned, You would take note,

and would not acquit me of my iniquity.

If I am guilty, woe to me!

And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head.

I am full of shame

and aware of my affliction.

Should I hold my head high,

You would hunt me like a lion,

and again display Your power against me.

You produce new witnesses against me

and multiply Your anger toward me.

Hardships assault me

in wave after wave.

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Job

Why then did You bring me from the womb?

Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!

If only I had never come to be,

but had been carried from the womb to the grave.

Are my days not few?

Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,

before I go—never to return—

to a land of darkness and gloom,

to a land of utter darkness,

of deep shadow and disorder,

where even the light is like darkness.”

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where even the light is like darkness

Job 10:22

Question

Quick question

Job reminds God how He made him.

What does Job say God molded him like?

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A verse to carry with you

You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.

Job 10:12

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