Job 6:1-13 (NLT)
Job’s Second Speech: A Response to Eliphaz
Then Job spoke again:
2 “If my misery could be weighed
and my troubles be put on the scales,
3 they would outweigh all the sands of the sea.
That is why I spoke impulsively.
4 For the Almighty has struck me down with His arrows.
Their poison infects my spirit.
God’s terrors are lined up against me.
5 Don’t I have a right to complain?
Don’t wild donkeys bray when they find no grass,
and oxen bellow when they have no food?
6 Don’t people complain about unsalted food?
Does anyone want the tasteless white of an egg?
7 My appetite disappears when I look at it;
I gag at the thought of eating it!
and my troubles be put on the scales,
3 they would outweigh all the sands of the sea.
That is why I spoke impulsively.
4 For the Almighty has struck me down with His arrows.
Their poison infects my spirit.
God’s terrors are lined up against me.
5 Don’t I have a right to complain?
Don’t wild donkeys bray when they find no grass,
and oxen bellow when they have no food?
6 Don’t people complain about unsalted food?
Does anyone want the tasteless white of an egg?
7 My appetite disappears when I look at it;
I gag at the thought of eating it!
8 “Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant my desire.
9 I wish He would crush me.
I wish He would reach out His hand and kill me.
10 At least I can take comfort in this:
Despite the pain,
I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 But I don’t have the strength to endure.
I have nothing to live for.
12 Do I have the strength of a stone?
Is my body made of bronze?
13 No, I am utterly helpless,
without any chance of success.
that God would grant my desire.
9 I wish He would crush me.
I wish He would reach out His hand and kill me.
10 At least I can take comfort in this:
Despite the pain,
I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 But I don’t have the strength to endure.
I have nothing to live for.
12 Do I have the strength of a stone?
Is my body made of bronze?
13 No, I am utterly helpless,
without any chance of success.
Verse 10 states "At least I can take comfort in this: Despite the pain, I have not denied the words of the Holy One." Even though Job was in excruciating pain, he had lost everything , all his children, all his wealth and his wife and friends seemed to have turned against him, he still honored God.
It's easy to praise God when things are going well, but do we praise Him in the midst of our agony? Job complained to God but did not sin. He didn't cuss at God, he didn't shake his fist at God, he didn't walk away from God. He had not "denied the words of the Holy One."
When the going gets tough, get going to God. Go to Him in prayer, go to Him in praise, go to Him in trust that He knows what He's doing. Praise Him through the storm.
Blessings, Cecilia
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