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Job’s Sixth Speech: A Response to Bildad
Then Job spoke again:
Then Job spoke again:
Job Trusts in His Redeemer
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
“How long will you torture me?
How long will you try to crush me with your words?
How long will you try to crush me with your words?
“How long will you torment my soul,
And break me in pieces with words?
And break me in pieces with words?
You have already insulted me ten times.
You should be ashamed of treating me so badly.
You should be ashamed of treating me so badly.
Even if I have sinned,
that is my concern, not yours.
that is my concern, not yours.
And if indeed I have erred,
My error remains with me.
My error remains with me.
You think you’re better than I am,
using my humiliation as evidence of my sin.
using my humiliation as evidence of my sin.
If indeed you exalt yourselves against me,
And plead my disgrace against me,
And plead my disgrace against me,
Know then that God has wronged me,
And has surrounded me with His net.
And has surrounded me with His net.
“I cry out, ‘Help!’ but no one answers me.
I protest, but there is no justice.
I protest, but there is no justice.
God has blocked my way so I cannot move.
He has plunged my path into darkness.
He has plunged my path into darkness.
He has stripped me of my honor
and removed the crown from my head.
and removed the crown from my head.
He has stripped me of my glory,
And taken the crown from my head.
And taken the crown from my head.
He has demolished me on every side, and I am finished.
He has uprooted my hope like a fallen tree.
He has uprooted my hope like a fallen tree.
He breaks me down on every side,
And I am gone;
My hope He has uprooted like a tree.
And I am gone;
My hope He has uprooted like a tree.
His fury burns against me;
he counts me as an enemy.
he counts me as an enemy.
He has also kindled His wrath against me,
And He counts me as one of His enemies.
And He counts me as one of His enemies.
His troops advance.
They build up roads to attack me.
They camp all around my tent.
They build up roads to attack me.
They camp all around my tent.
His troops come together
And build up their road against me;
They encamp all around my tent.
And build up their road against me;
They encamp all around my tent.
“My relatives stay far away,
and my friends have turned against me.
and my friends have turned against me.
“He has removed my brothers far from me,
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
My family is gone,
and my close friends have forgotten me.
and my close friends have forgotten me.
My relatives have failed,
And my close friends have forgotten me.
And my close friends have forgotten me.
My servants and maids consider me a stranger.
I am like a foreigner to them.
I am like a foreigner to them.
Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants,
Count me as a stranger;
I am an alien in their sight.
Count me as a stranger;
I am an alien in their sight.
When I call my servant, he doesn’t come;
I have to plead with him!
I have to plead with him!
I call my servant, but he gives no answer;
I beg him with my mouth.
I beg him with my mouth.
My breath is repulsive to my wife.
I am rejected by my own family.
I am rejected by my own family.
Even young children despise me.
When I stand to speak, they turn their backs on me.
When I stand to speak, they turn their backs on me.
Even young children despise me;
I arise, and they speak against me.
I arise, and they speak against me.
My close friends detest me.
Those I loved have turned against me.
Those I loved have turned against me.
All my close friends abhor me,
And those whom I love have turned against me.
And those whom I love have turned against me.
I have been reduced to skin and bones
and have escaped death by the skin of my teeth.
and have escaped death by the skin of my teeth.
My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,
And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
“Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy,
for the hand of God has struck me.
for the hand of God has struck me.
“Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends,
For the hand of God has struck me!
For the hand of God has struck me!
Must you also persecute me, like God does?
Haven’t you chewed me up enough?
Haven’t you chewed me up enough?
Why do you persecute me as God does,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?
And are not satisfied with my flesh?
“Oh, that my words could be recorded.
Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,
Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,
“Oh, that my words were written!
Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
carved with an iron chisel and filled with lead,
engraved forever in the rock.
engraved forever in the rock.
That they were engraved on a rock
With an iron pen and lead, forever!
With an iron pen and lead, forever!
“But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
and he will stand upon the earth at last.
and he will stand upon the earth at last.
For I know that my Redeemer lives,
And He shall stand at last on the earth;
And He shall stand at last on the earth;
I will see him for myself.
Yes, I will see him with my own eyes.
I am overwhelmed at the thought!
Yes, I will see him with my own eyes.
I am overwhelmed at the thought!
“How dare you go on persecuting me,
saying, ‘It’s his own fault’?
saying, ‘It’s his own fault’?
If you should say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’ —
Since the root of the matter is found in me,
Since the root of the matter is found in me,