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Opening Prayer
Thank God for the difficult yet enlightening book of Job, and ask him to enrich our faith and care for us through his Word.
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Scripture Passage
Zophar Urges Job to Repent
11 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
2 “Should not the multitude of words be answered?
And should a man full of talk be vindicated?
3 Should your empty talk make men hold their peace?
And when you mock, should no one rebuke you?
4 For you have said,
‘My doctrine is pure,
And I am clean in your eyes.’
5 But oh, that God would speak,
And open His lips against you,
6 That He would show you the secrets of wisdom!
For they would double your prudence.
Know therefore that God exacts from you
Less than your iniquity deserves.
7 “Can you search out the deep things of God?
Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?
8 They are higher than heaven—what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
9 Their measure is longer than the earth
And broader than the sea.
10 “If He passes by, imprisons, and gathers to judgment,
Then who can hinder Him?
11 For He knows deceitful men;
He sees wickedness also.
Will He not then consider it?
12 For an empty-headed man will be wise,
When a wild donkey’s colt is born a man.
13 “If you would prepare your heart,
And stretch out your hands toward Him;
14 If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away,
And would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
15 Then surely you could lift up your face without spot;
Yes, you could be steadfast, and not fear;
16 Because you would forget your misery,
And remember it as waters that have passed away,
17 And your life would be brighter than noonday.
Though you were dark, you would be like the morning.
18 And you would be secure, because there is hope;
Yes, you would dig around you, and take your rest in safety.
19 You would also lie down, and no one would make you afraid;
Yes, many would court your favor.
20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail,
And they shall not escape,
And their hope—loss of life!”
Job Answers His Critics
12 Then Job answered and said:
2 “No doubt you are the people,
And wisdom will die with you!
3 But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Indeed, who does not know such things as these?
4 “I am one mocked by his friends,
Who called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
5 A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease;
It is made ready for those whose feet slip.
6 The tents of robbers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure—
In what God provides by His hand.
7 “But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you;
And the fish of the sea will explain to you.
9 Who among all these does not know
That the hand of the Lord has done this,
10 In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?
11 Does not the ear test words
And the mouth taste its food?
12 Wisdom is with aged men,
And with length of days, understanding.
13 “With Him are wisdom and strength,
He has counsel and understanding.
14 If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt;
If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.
15 If He withholds the waters, they dry up;
If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.
16 With Him are strength and prudence.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
17 He leads counselors away plundered,
And makes fools of the judges.
18 He loosens the bonds of kings,
And binds their waist with a belt.
19 He leads princes away plundered,
And overthrows the mighty.
20 He deprives the trusted ones of speech,
And takes away the discernment of the elders.
21 He pours contempt on princes,
And disarms the mighty.
22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness,
And brings the shadow of death to light.
23 He makes nations great, and destroys them;
He enlarges nations, and guides them.
24 He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth,
And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.
25 They grope in the dark without light,
And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
13 “Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it.
2 What you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.
3 But I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to reason with God.
4 But you forgers of lies,
You are all worthless physicians.
5 Oh, that you would be silent,
And it would be your wisdom!
6 Now hear my reasoning,
And heed the pleadings of my lips.
7 Will you speak wickedly for God,
And talk deceitfully for Him?
8 Will you show partiality for Him?
Will you contend for God?
9 Will it be well when He searches you out?
Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man?
10 He will surely rebuke you
If you secretly show partiality.
11 Will not His excellence make you afraid,
And the dread of Him fall upon you?
12 Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 “Hold your peace with me, and let me speak,
Then let come on me what may!
14 Why do I take my flesh in my teeth,
And put my life in my hands?
15 Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.
Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
16 He also shall be my salvation,
For a hypocrite could not come before Him.
17 Listen carefully to my speech,
And to my declaration with your ears.
18 See now, I have prepared my case,
I know that I shall be vindicated.
19 Who is he who will contend with me?
If now I hold my tongue, I perish.
Job’s Despondent Prayer
20 “Only two things do not do to me,
Then I will not hide myself from You:
21 Withdraw Your hand far from me,
And let not the dread of You make me afraid.
22 Then call, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, then You respond to me.
23 How many are my iniquities and sins?
Make me know my transgression and my sin.
24 Why do You hide Your face,
And regard me as Your enemy?
25 Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro?
And will You pursue dry stubble?
26 For You write bitter things against me,
And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
27 You put my feet in the stocks,
And watch closely all my paths.
You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
28 “Man decays like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
14 “Man who is born of woman
Is of few days and full of trouble.
2 He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
3 And do You open Your eyes on such a one,
And bring me to judgment with Yourself?
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one!
5 Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You;
You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
6 Look away from him that he may rest,
Till like a hired man he finishes his day.
7 “For there is hope for a tree,
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And that its tender shoots will not cease.
8 Though its root may grow old in the earth,
And its stump may die in the ground,
9 Yet at the scent of water it will bud
And bring forth branches like a plant.
10 But man dies and is laid away;
Indeed he breathes his last
And where is he?
11 As water disappears from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dries up,
12 So man lies down and does not rise.
Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.
13 “Oh, that You would hide me in the grave,
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my hard service I will wait,
Till my change comes.
15 You shall call, and I will answer You;
You shall desire the work of Your hands.
16 For now You number my steps,
But do not watch over my sin.
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
And You cover my iniquity.
18 “But as a mountain falls and crumbles away,
And as a rock is moved from its place;
19 As water wears away stones,
And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
So You destroy the hope of man.
20 You prevail forever against him, and he passes on;
You change his countenance and send him away.
21 His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;
They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.
22 But his flesh will be in pain over it,
And his soul will mourn over it.”
Eliphaz Accuses Job of Folly
15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 “Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge,
And fill himself with the east wind?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
Or by speeches with which he can do no good?
4 Yes, you cast off fear,
And restrain prayer before God.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
Yes, your own lips testify against you.
7 “Are you the first man who was born?
Or were you made before the hills?
8 Have you heard the counsel of God?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9 What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not in us?
10 Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Much older than your father.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for you,
And the word spoken gently with you?
12 Why does your heart carry you away,
And what do your eyes wink at,
13 That you turn your spirit against God,
And let such words go out of your mouth?
14 “What is man, that he could be pure?
And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
15 If God puts no trust in His saints,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight,
16 How much less man, who is abominable and filthy,
Who drinks iniquity like water!
17 “I will tell you, hear me;
What I have seen I will declare,
18 What wise men have told,
Not hiding anything received from their fathers,
19 To whom alone the land was given,
And no alien passed among them:
20 The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.
21 Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will return from darkness,
For a sword is waiting for him.
23 He wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Trouble and anguish make him afraid;
They overpower him, like a king ready for battle.
25 For he stretches out his hand against God,
And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
26 Running stubbornly against Him
With his strong, embossed shield.
27 “Though he has covered his face with his fatness,
And made his waist heavy with fat,
28 He dwells in desolate cities,
In houses which no one inhabits,
Which are destined to become ruins.
29 He will not be rich,
Nor will his wealth continue,
Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.
30 He will not depart from darkness;
The flame will dry out his branches,
And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
31 Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself,
For futility will be his reward.
32 It will be accomplished before his time,
And his branch will not be green.
33 He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine,
And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.
34 For the company of hypocrites will be barren,
And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
35 They conceive trouble and bring forth futility;
Their womb prepares deceit.”
The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Job 11:1–15:35.
A — About
What Is This Passage About?
Job's friends accuse him without evidence, but Job continues trusting God. The passage warns against being accusing counselors and points believers to their blameless standing and good in Christ.
B — Best Verse
A Verse That Summarizes the Passage
Job 13:15
Distilled from the devotional exposition; the speaker did not explicitly name a best verse.
though he slay me yet i will trust in him
No explicit Best Verse selection appears. This verse is distilled because Bryan returns to it as Job's confession of trust amid loss, accusation, and unanswered suffering.
C — Called or Christ
C — Called to Do
Avoid baseless accusation, humbly search for specific sin, offer compassionate presence to suffering friends, and keep trusting God even when circumstances are unexplained and everything is lost.
Devotional Study
Transcript of the devotion. Minor transcription errors may remain.
[Music] [Music] hey hey welcome to coffee and devotions this monday morning january 4th that's where every weekday morning at 9 00 am and on the weekends when i get a spare moment from my kids you and i we get together we have some coffee we get into god's word and we grow in our love for the lord together and this year 2020 we'll make it through all the wisdom literature well today we are at job chapter 11 through chapter 15 job chapter 11 through chapter 15. again job is meant to be read in chunks it's a whole book and we should make sure we read it that way we're also kind of messed up as we go through well we go ahead and have some coffee we'll pray and we'll get to god's word let's pray father we thank you so much for what a joy it is to worship you thank you for giving us your word thank you for giving us a book that is both difficult but also enlightening thank you for giving us a book that is dif is hard for our souls and it also enriching to our faith we pray that you would care for us this morning in jesus name amen all right here we go job chapter 11 through chapter 15. let's go ahead and pull that up for you again if these videos are helpful please hit the like button let facebook and youtube know that this is valuable to you and other people should watch also job chapter 11 then so far the amathite that's a mouthful isn't it so far answered and said should not the multitude of words be answered and should a man full of talk be vindicated should your enemy empty talk make men hold their peace and when you mock should no rebut so should no one rebuke you right the what is zofar saying here dude you're about to get it i'm about to come on you you you've said a whole bunch of stuff and i'm gonna answer you yeah he's been tag teamed in here this ain't good for you have said my doctrine is pure and i am clean in your eyes but oh that god would speak and open his lips against you that he should show you the secrets of wisdom for they would double your prudence know therefore that god exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves man these guys are his friends are really theologically astute and pastorally dumb all right these guys hmm they're like a lot of new young calvinists and i say that as a calvinist this is difficult here right uh he's he's being bold he's saying my doctrine is pure and i'm righteous and i'm going to speak to god for god to you can you search out the deep things of god can you find out the limits of the almighty they are higher than heaven what can you do deeper than sheol what can you know their measure is longer than the than the earth and broader than the sea if he passes by imprisons and gathers to judgment then who can hinder him for he knows deceitful men and sees wickedness also will he not then consider it for an empty-headed man will be wise when a wild donkey's cult is born a man if you would prepare your heart and stretch out your hands toward him if iniquity were in your hand and you put it far away and would not let wickedness dwell in your tents then surely you could lift up your face without spot yes you could yes you could be steadfast and not fear because you would not because you would forget your misery and remember it as waters that have passed away and your life would be brighter than noonday though you were dark you would be like the morning and you would be secure because there is hope yes you would dig around you and take your rest and safety you would also lie down and no one would make you afraid yes many would court your favor but the eyes of the wicked will fail and they shall not escape and their hope loss of life man these guys seem to have only one answer for job it's your sin you need to repent i'm always amazed by this type of things that happen even today when there's you know things about hurricanes and earthquakes and volcano eruptions and tsunamis and typhoons and you'll always have some quack-a-doodle christian who's saying oh this is god judging this nation or judging this people because of this exact sin and i'm always thinking to myself dude you're neither a prophet nor a son of a prophet we should be really careful we should be really careful here right we don't know ultimately cosmically what god is doing in his providence the god who created the entire universe the god who put orion in his place and set the pilliads and controls the universe who who holds up the storehouses of snow we ultimately don't know why he's doing any one thing and often when god is doing one thing he has a thousand reasons why he's making every minute thing happen we need to be careful not to flatten god's providence and and push down so like we can understand like oh god's doing this exact thing for this exact reason and that exact reason is because he's punishing you for sin well you don't know that all right let's go to what job says as he answers them then job answered and said no doubt you are the people and wisdom will die with you but i have understanding as well as you am i not inferior to you indeed who does not know such things as these i am one mocked by his friends who called on god and answered him the just and blameless who is ridiculed a lamp is despised in in the thought of one who is at ease it is made ready for those who those whose feet slip the tent of robbers prospers and those who provoke god are secure and what god provides by his hand but now ask the beasts and they will teach you and the birds of the air and they will tell you or speak to the earth and it will teach you and the fifth fish of the sea will explain to you who among all these does not know that the hand of the lord has done this and whose hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind does not the ear test words in the mouth taste food wisdom is with aged men and with length of days understanding with him our wisdom and strength he has counsel and understanding if he breaks a thing down it cannot be rebuilt if he imprisons a man there can be no release if he withholds the waters they dry up if he sends them out they overwhelm the earth with him our strength and prudence the deceived and the deceiver are his he leads counselors away plundered he makes fools of the judges he loosens the bonds of kings and binds their waste with a belt he leads princes away plundered and overthrows the mighty he deprives the trusted ones of speech and takes away the discernment of the elders he pours contempt on princes and disarms the mighty he uncovers deep things out of the darkness and brings the shadow of death to light he makes nations great and destroys them he enlarges nations and guides them he takes away the understanding of the chief of the peoples of the earth and makes them wonder in a path of wilderness they grope in the dark without light and he makes them stagger like a drunken man again what is job saying you're going to tell me that i don't have wisdom he has a firmly orthodox view of god's justice and righteousness and sovereignty job knows these things joe's an old dude job knows this stuff he looks at his friend so far and he's like look does wisdom die with you you act like i don't got wisdom man i know who god is job loved god you worshipped god he's going to contend continue behold my eye has seen all this my ear has heard and understood it what you know i also know i am not inferior to you but i would speak to the almighty and i desire to reason with god but you forgers of lies you are worthless physicians oh that you would be in silent and it would be your wisdom just zip your lips and you'd be smarter right even a fool seems wise when he shuts his mouth you're horrible friends you're not good doctors you're not prescribing comfort to my soul you're not mourning with those who aren't weeping with those who weep you just want to castigate me and cast me down i know these things now hear my reasoning and he the pleadings of my lips will you speak wickedly for god and talk deceitfully for him will you show partiality for him will you contend for god will it be well when he searches you out or can you mock him as one mocks a man he will surely rebuke you in your secretly if you secretly show partiality he will not show or will not his excellence make you afraid and the dread of him fall upon you your platitudes are proverbs of ashes your defenses or defenses of clay hold your peace with me and let me speak then then let come on me what may why do i take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands though he slay me yet i will trust in him even so i would defend my own ways before him he also shall be my salvation for a hypocrite could not come before god listen carefully to my speech and to my declaration with your ears see now i have prepared my case i know that i shall be vindicated he who who is he who will contend with me if now i hold my tongue i perish right job is confessing again here i just want to talk to god i won't know why this is happening it's easy to know that god is sovereign but it's hard to know it in your soul and know why this is happening to you job just wants to know god why are you doing this we're not going to find out until the end of the chapter now we got a preview for it in chapter one and in chapter two but job doesn't know this but job is crying out he's but he's still confessing his trust though he slay me yet i will trust in him job in all of this is not saying god's unrighteous and god is evil and i'm righteous and god is wrong for doing this job is asking why i still trust in him i still love him but i don't know why what sin have i committed that all my life live livelihood was destroyed that all my livestock was taken away that all my children died that my wife tells me to curse god and die why has this all come upon me why why are my my boils keeping up and splitting apart and maggots and my wounds and i scrape myself with a pot shirt and i can't drink enough and my mouth is like clay you guys are worthless friends you don't get it i just want to cry up to god it doesn't stop there only two things do not do to me then i will not hide myself from you withdraw your hand far from me and let not the dread of you make me afraid then call and i will answer or let me speak then you respond to me how many are my iniquities and sins make me know my transgressions and my sin why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy will you frighten a loaf a leaf driven to and fro and will you pursue dry stubble for you right bitter things against me and make me inherit my iniquities of my mouth of my youth you put my feet in the stocks and watch closely all my paths you set a limit for the soles of my feet man decays like a rotten thing like a garment that is moth eaten do you see job's humility here he's even saying like okay god if i've sinned if there's iniquity in me show it to me but job compares himself to like a leaf that's blowing in the wind something helpless and it feels like he's got no mooring he's got no say in it he's just he's just being a victim of what's going on around him he says i'm going to die i know i'm going to die all men are going to die but god if i've sinned show me my sin man who is born of woman is a few days and full of trouble he comes forth like a flower and fades away he flees like a shadow and does not continue and do you open your eyes on such a one and bring me to judgment with yourself who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean no one since his days are determined the number of his mouth months is with you you have appointed his limits so that he cannot pass look away from him that he may rest till like a hired man he finishes his day for there is hope for a tree if it is cut down that it will sprout again and that its tender shoots will not cease though its root may grow old in the earth and its stump may die in the ground yet at the scent of water will bud and bring forth branches like a plant but man dies and lays away and is laid away indeed his breath indeed he breathes his last and where it he as water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dries up so man lies down and does not rise till the heavens are no more they will not wake nor be roused up from their sleep right job is saying if i die i'm gonna die man doesn't get another chance i go down to the grave and it's done i'm not like a tree right god can cut down a tree but it will sprout again but god why am i in this state of death it seems like i'm never going to get out of this oh that you would hide me in the grave that you would conceal me until your wrath has passed that you would appoint me a set time and remember me if a man dies shall he live again all the days of my hard service i will wait till my change comes you shall call and i will answer you you shall desire the work of your hands for now you're you number my steps but do not watch over my sin my transgression is sealed up in a bag and you cover my iniquity but as a mountain falls and crumbles away and as a rock is moved from its place as water wears away stones and as torrents wash away the soil of the earth so you destroy the hope of a man you prevail forever against him and he passes on you change his countenance and send him away his sons come to honor and he does not know it they are brought low and he does not perceive it but his flesh will be in pain over it and his soul will mourn over it this is a grief of job's heart as he's talking about death and about just the emptiness of it let's look at how his friend elias has answers then elias has a tammany temenite answered and said shiro should a wise man answer with empty knowledge and fill himself with the east wind should he reason with unprofitable talk or by speeches with which you cannot do which you can't do no good yes you cast off fear and restrain prayer before god for your iniquity teaches your mouth and you choose the tongue of the crafty your own mouth condemns you and not i yes your own lips testify against you what is elias gonna say here right what's he just talking about dude even your own testimony condemns you you just talked about being god being righteous and you are not righteous and i'm not going to answer yours you're a fool according to his folly that's what he's saying are you the first man who was born or were you made before the hills have you heard the counsel of god do you limit wisdom to yourself what do you know about what do you know that we do not know what do you understand that is not in us both the gray haired and the aged are among us much older than your father are the consolations of god too small for you and the word spoken gently with you why does your heart carry you away and what do your eyes wink at that you turn your spirit against god and let such words go out of your mouth what is man that he should be pure and he who is born of woman that he could be righteous if god puts no trust in his saints and his heavens are not pure in his sight how much less man who is abominable and filthy who drinks iniquity like water all right what is what is the life as saying here he's he's essentially telling telling job dude you think you got all the wisdom look at us we got old men and young men we have wisdom too and we're gonna answer you but but i don't think you get it dude you're not pure i will tell you hear me what i have seen i will declare what wise men have told not hiding anything received from their fathers to whom alone the land was given and no alien past among them the wicked man rise with pain all his days and the number of his years is hidden from the oppressor dreadful sounds are in his ears in prosperity the destroyer comes upon him he does not believe that he will return from darkness for a sword is waiting for him he wanders about for bread saying where is it he knows that a day of darkness is ready at hand trouble and anguish make him afraid they overpower him like a king greedy for battle for he stretches out his hand against god and acts defiantly against the almighty running stubbornly against him with a strong embossed shield though he has covered his face with his fatness and made his waist heavy with fat he dwells in desolate cities and houses which no one inhabited habits which are destined to become ruins he will not be rich nor will his wealth continue nor will his possessions overspread the earth he will not depart from darkness the flame will dry out his branches and by the breath of his mouth he will go away let him not trust in futile things deceiving himself for futility will be his reward it will be accomplished before his time and his branches will not be green he will shake off his unripe grape like a vine and cast off his blood blossom like an olive tree for the company of hypocrites will be barren and fire will consume the tents of bribery they conceive trouble and bring forth futility their womb prepares deceit man what a huge thing to lay upon job he's saying those people who are prosperous they're sinners and god's going to bring them down to the ground they fatten their bellies they they hold on to their embossed shields they think they got it all together remember who job was remember the wealth that he had and he's preparing him to this fat power-hungry man who's brought to nothing brothers and sisters this is an anti-type this is a voice of one who speaks evil this is a guy who's condemning job for things that job didn't do hey this is this is the accuser this is the type of person that jesus would say get behind me satan this is not what godly friends do he's not encouraging him towards righteousness he's not praying with him he's not caring for him but he's just accusing him accusing him accusing him even though notice that neither of these men i'm going to go ahead and change this up right notice that neither of these men are able to bring a specific charge against job neither of them are able to say job here is your specific sin i saw it with my own eyes no no they're just they're just supposing that he's sinned they're just presupposing that he did these unrighteous things and he deserves everything he gets i pray that we're not those types of counselors this is why jesus says that we need to have the testimony of one or two witnesses but when there's hard things that come in our lives we can respond to our brothers and sisters and we can search out with them you know are are there hidden sins are there things in your life that need to be repented of maybe there are maybe there are things in your life that you do need to repent of but if we can't find anything that makes us situationally unrighteous meaning that we're not actively harboring any known sin in our hearts the reality is sometimes god is taking things away from us that he might become bigger to us the reality is sometimes we just need to look to our friends and say i don't know what's going on man whatever i can do to help i'm here maybe his friend should just stayed silent they started off well coming and sitting down next to him for a week and morning and covering their heads and ashes and dust maybe they just should have stayed that way mourning with him instead of turning towards us accusing him isn't it beautiful that god doesn't accuse us for those who are in christ jesus or not there is therefore now no condemnation yes god might chasten us god might discipline us god might do things that we might grow as his children but we know we know that if we are of christ that if we are in christ that we are blameless and that all things which god are doing all things which god is doing is for our good so if you're struggling today sure look for specific sins be humble cry out to god though when god i don't know what's going on if i have said and fault hidden faults forgive me wash me but lord be near to me for even though you slay me i will trust in you let's pray father we thank you for this day lord we pray that we would have the faithfulness of job that even in the midst of accusations even in the midst the friends who would make false claims about us lord we pray that we would still trust in you though we might lose everything in this life father who can take christ from us lord we pray that you would bury these truths deep down in our souls in jesus name amen well may the lord bless you today and may you go about with the gentle peace of jesus christ ruling in your hearts see you tomorrow bye [Music] you