June 23, 2025, Job 6:1-30
6 Then Job
answered and said:
2 “Oh that
my vexation were weighed,
and all
my calamity laid in the balances!
3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the
sea;
therefore
my words have been rash.
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are in me;
my
spirit drinks their poison;
the
terrors of God are arrayed against me.
5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass,
or the
ox low over his fodder?
6 Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt,
or is
there any taste in the juice of the mallow?
7 My appetite refuses to touch them;
they are
as food that is loathsome to me.
8 “Oh that
I might have my request,
and that
God would fulfill my hope,
9 that it would please God to crush me,
that he
would let loose his hand and cut me off!
10 This would be my comfort;
I would
even exult in pain unsparing,
for I
have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what
is my end, that I should be patient?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh
bronze?
13 Have I any help in me,
when
resource is driven from me?
14 “He
who withholds kindness from a friend
forsakes
the fear of the Almighty.
15 My brothers are treacherous as a
torrent-bed,
as
torrential streams that pass away,
16 which are dark with ice,
and
where the snow hides itself.
17 When they melt, they disappear;
when it
is hot, they vanish from their place.
18 The caravans turn aside from their course;
they go
up into the waste and perish.
19 The caravans of Tema look,
the
travelers of Sheba hope.
20 They are ashamed because they were confident;
they
come there and are disappointed.
21 For you have now become nothing;
you see
my calamity and are afraid.
22 Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’?
Or,
‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary's hand’?
Or,
‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?
24 “Teach
me, and I will be silent;
make me
understand how I have gone astray.
25 How forceful are upright words!
But what
does reproof from you reprove?
26 Do you think that you can reprove words,
when the
speech of a despairing man is wind?
27 You would even cast lots over the fatherless,
and
bargain over your friend.
28 “But
now, be pleased to look at me,
for I
will not lie to your face.
29 Please turn; let no injustice be done.
Turn
now; my vindication is at stake.
30 Is there any injustice on my tongue?
Cannot
my palate discern the cause of calamity?
Job was
open to wise counsel, but he did not feel as though he were receiving wise
counsel.
Have you
ever found yourself in a situation where counsel was offered but not well
received? How did you respond?
Debbie
Walker
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