June 22, 2025, Job 5:1-27
June 22, 2025, Job 5:1-27
“Call
now; is there anyone who will answer you?
To which
of the holy ones will you turn?
2 Surely vexation kills the fool,
and
jealousy slays the simple.
3 I have seen the fool taking root,
but
suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
4 His children are far from safety;
they are
crushed in the gate,
and
there is no one to deliver them.
5 The hungry eat his harvest,
and he
takes it even out of thorns,
and the
thirsty pant after his[c] wealth.
6 For affliction does not come from the dust,
nor does
trouble sprout from the ground,
7 but man is born to trouble
as the
sparks fly upward.
8 “As for
me, I would seek God,
and to
God would I commit my cause,
9 who does great things and unsearchable,
marvelous
things without number:
10 he gives rain on the earth
and
sends waters on the fields;
11 he sets on high those who are lowly,
and
those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that
their hands achieve no success.
13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the
schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime
and grope
at noonday as in the night.
15 But he saves the needy from the sword of their
mouth
and from
the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor have hope,
and injustice
shuts her mouth.
17 “Behold, blessed
is the one whom God reproves;
therefore despise
not the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For he wounds, but he binds up;
he shatters,
but his hands heal.
19 He will deliver you from six troubles;
in seven
no evil shall touch you.
20 In famine he will redeem you from death,
and in
war from the power of the sword.
21 You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue,
and
shall not fear destruction when it comes.
22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh,
and
shall not fear the beasts of the earth.
23 For you shall be in league with the stones of the
field,
and the
beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 You shall know that your tent is at peace,
and you
shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
25 You shall know also that your offspring shall be
many,
and your
descendants as the grass of the earth.
26 You shall come to your grave in ripe old age,
like a
sheaf gathered up in its season.
27 Behold, this we have searched out; it is true.
Hear,
and know it for your good.”
Eliphaz
is a friend of Job. He talks to Job about the current situation although I am
not sure he has complete understanding of what is going on in Job’s life.
Can we
expect people to always have the right thing to say and do when you need them?
When a friend calls you in need of counsel, how do you respond?
After
reading this passage, I realize I need to think long and hard about my words
before they leave my lips.
Debbie
Walker
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