Job 13–14: Ashes & Clay
“Your memorable sayings
are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.”
Category: Job
Job 11–12: Ease & Calamity
“He who is at ease holds
calamity in contempt,
As prepared for those whose feet slip.”
Job 9–10: Despair & Hope
“Were He to sweep by me,
I would not see Him;
Were He to move past me,
I would not perceive Him.
Were He to snatch away,
who could turn Him back?
Who could say to Him,
‘What are You doing?’”
Job 7–8: Sovereign & Love
“Why have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden to myself?”
Job 5–6: Words & Wind
“Do you intend to reprove my words,
When the words of one in despair
belong to the wind?”
Job 3–4: A Lament & A Lecture
Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth
Read MoreJob 1–2: Suffering & Support
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked I shall return there.
Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away.
Blessed be the name of Yahweh.”
Job 42: Job’s Confession & Restoration
Behold, we count those blessed who persevere.
Read MoreJob 40–41: God’s Justice & Power
“Will you really annul My judgment?”
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Kindling for Candles 