Text: Job 19:1-29

23 “Oh that my words were written!

Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

24 Oh that with an iron pen and lead

they were engraved in the rock forever!

25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,

and at the last he will stand upon the earth.

26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed,

yet in my flesh I shall see God,

27 whom I shall see for myself,

and my eyes shall behold, and not another.

My heart faints within me!

28 If you say, ‘How we will pursue him!’

and, ‘The root of the matter is found in him,’

29 be afraid of the sword,

for wrath brings the punishment of the sword,

that you may know there is a judgment.”

-Job 19:23-29 ESV

MY REDEEMER LIVES

Job, once more, repudiated their relentless accusations, saying;

‘“How long will you torment me

and break me in pieces with words?

3 These ten times you have cast reproach upon me;

are you not ashamed to wrong me?

4 And even if it be true that I have erred,

my error remains with myself.’[v.2-4]

He argued that it’s all God’s doing. He said;

‘know then that God has put me in the wrong

and closed his net about me.’[v.6]

He lamented once again his condition in a powerfully emotional descriptive picture

‘Oh that my words were written!

Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

24 Oh that with an iron pen and lead

they were engraved in the rock forever!’ [v.23,24]

But, he ended this chapter with a high note of hope in verses 25-27. Even in this

There is a stronger sense that this refers to the Messiah. The word itself supports the

Moreover, Job had a strong expectation of seeing God in the flesh after his physical

‘ whom I shall see for myself,

and my eyes shall behold, and not another.

My heart faints within me!’[v,27]

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Text: Job 18:1-21

“Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out,

and the flame of his fire does not shine.

6 The light is dark in his tent,

and his lamp above him is put out.

7 His strong steps are shortened,

and his own schemes throw him down.

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet,

and he walks on its mesh.

9 A trap seizes him by the heel;

a snare lays hold of him.

10 A rope is hidden for him in the ground,

a trap for him in the path.

11 Terrors frighten him on every side,

and chase him at his heels.

-Job 18:5-11 ESV

THE LIGHT OF THE WICKED IS PUT OUT

Zophar, fuming with anger and impatience, he asked with a tone of sarcasm, saying;

‘“How long will you hunt for words?

Consider, and then we will speak.

3 Why are we counted as cattle?

Why are we stupid in your sight?

4 You who tear yourself in your anger,

shall the earth be forsaken for you,

or the rock be removed out of its place?’[v.2-4]

In view of the recent calamities in Job’s household, Bildad further elaborated on

As an inescapable punishment, he is an animal caught in a trap (see v.8-10). He is

Bildad was right in his belief about wicked people. But, he has no compassion for Job.

‘ You who tear yourself in your anger,

shall the earth be forsaken for you,

or the rock be removed out of its place?’[v.4]

God knows the heart of Job more than anybody. Nobody else, even more than Job knows

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Text: Job 17:1-16

the graveyard is ready for me.

2 Surely there are mockers about me,

and my eye dwells on their provocation.

3 “Lay down a pledge for me with you;

who is there who will put up security for me?

4 Since you have closed their hearts to understanding,

therefore you will not let them triumph.

5 He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property—

the eyes of his children will fail.

13 If I hope for Sheol as my house,

if I make my bed in darkness,

14 if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’

and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

15 where then is my hope?

Who will see my hope?

16 Will it go down to the bars of Sheol?

Shall we descend together into the dust?”

-Job 17:1-5, 13-16 ESV

WHERE THEN IS MY HOPE?

‘“My spirit is broken; my days are extinct;

the graveyard is ready for me.’[v.1]

He even asked, “who is there who will put up security for me?[v.3b]

‘ If I hope for Sheol as my house,

if I make my bed in darkness,

if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’

and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’[v.13,14]

‘where then is my hope?

Who will see my hope?’[v.15]

The answer is God. We should always rest upon the mercies of God, should we not?

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Text: Job 16:1-22

“6 “If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?

7 Surely now God has worn me out; he has made desolate all my company.

8 And he has shriveled me up, which is a witness against me,

and my leanness has risen up against me; it testifies to my face.

9 He has torn me in his wrath and hated me;

he has gnashed his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.

10 Men have gaped at me with their mouth;

they have struck me insolently on the cheek;

they mass themselves together against me.

11 God gives me up to the ungodly and casts me into the hands of the wicked.

BEHOLD, MY WITNESS IS IN HEAVEN

Job calls his friends ‘miserable comforters’. Instead of comfort, they add more insult to his pain, saying; I

I could join words together against you

and shake my head at you.’[v.2] He continued, in v.10

‘Men have gaped at me with their mouth;

they have struck me insolently on the cheek;

they mass themselves together against me.’

He wondered what their motives were, saying,

‘Shall windy words have an end?

Or what provokes you that you answer? [v.3]

Yes, he was ‘windy’ to express his pain. Bridgeway commentary says, ‘He feels like a helpless victim that wild

His pleadings with God may not have brought relief from his pain, but neither has his silence. In fact, his

Job was mistaken to assume that God was an enemy. But, he was in a middle of an unbearable ordeal. He wished to die

and let my cry find no resting place. 19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven,

and he who testifies for me is on high.

20 My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God,

21 that he would argue the case of a man with God, as a son of man does with his neighbor.

22 For when a few years have come I shall go the way from which I shall not return.’[v.18-22]

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Text: Job 15:1-35

“Are you the first man who was born?

Or were you brought forth before the hills?

8 Have you listened in the council of God?

And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

9 What do you know that we do not know?

What do you understand that is not clear to us?

10 Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, older than your father.

11 Are the comforts of God too small for you,

or the word that deals gently with you?

12 Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash,

13 that you turn your spirit against God and bring such words out of your mouth?

14 What is man, that he can be pure?

Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?

15 Behold, God puts no trust in his holy ones,

and the heavens are not pure in his sight;

16 how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,

a man who drinks injustice like water!

WHAT IS MAN?

Eliphaz’s tone changed noticeably. He accused Job one filled with windy knowledge as a baloon with hot air, one with

“Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; your own lips testify against you.”[v.5]

He accused Job of being arrogant as better than themselves, saying;

‘Are you the first man who was born?

Or were you brought forth before the hills?

8 Have you listened in the council of God?

And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

9 What do you know that we do not know?

What do you understand that is not clear to us?’[v.7-9]

Again, Eliphaz expressed a rhetorical

In this lengthy speech, Eliphaz concluded that the wicked man will suffer a terrible fate.[v.20] This Job had

“The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure,

who bring their god in their hand.”

Job differed. That God won’t uniformly reward the righteous and punishes the unrighteous as he observed and

‘ The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,

through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.

Dreadful sounds are in his ears;

in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.”[v.20,21]

Once again, the belief of Eliphaz and his three friends was leaning toward retributive theology. If a person is a

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Text: Job 14:1-22

7 “For there is hope for a tree,

if it be cut down, that it will sprout

8 Though its root grow old in the

9 yet at the scent of water it will

10 But a man dies and is laid low;

man breathes his last, and where is

11 As waters fail from a lake

and a river wastes away and dries up,

12 so a man lies down and rises not

or be roused out of his sleep.

13 Oh that you would hide me in Sheol,

that you would conceal me until your

14 If a man dies, shall he live again?

All the days of my service I would

-Job 14:7-14 ESV

In v 7-17, Job rehearsed the finality

man breathes his last, and where is

and a river wastes away and dries up,

so a man lies down and rises not

or be roused out of his sleep.

Yet, Job expressed a glimmer of hope

‘Oh that you would hide me in Sheol,

that you would conceal me until your

that you would appoint me a set time,

Yes, he asked the question, ‘If a man

No matter how dismal our situation is we should remember the words of Jesus. He said, “I am the resurrection and the

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Text: Job 13:1-28

“Let me have silence, and I will

14 Why should I take my flesh in my

15 Though he slay me, I will hope in

16 This will be my salvation,

that the godless shall not come before

and let my declaration be in your

I know that I shall be in the right.

-Job 13:13-18 ESV

THOUGH HE SLAY ME, I WILL HOPE IN HIM

Despite the rebuke of his friends, Job continued to insist that he would pursue his case before God, saying,

‘But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.’[v.3]

Interestingly, he referred to them as ‘whitewashed with lies and worthless physicians.’ Why? For Job, their silence

Job was just honest in his quest for justice but not slighting God with contempt. In v.7-11, he maintains his

and put my life in my hand? 15 Though he slay me, I will hope in him;

yet I will argue my ways to his face. [v.14,15]

His pain won’t make him silent. He wanted God desperately to pity him as a ‘leaf and chaff.’

“How many are my iniquities and my sins?

Make me know my transgression and my sin.

24 Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy?

25 Will you frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff?[v23-25]

In the midst of pain, let’s hope in God. There is no situation in our lives as a dead-end since God is with us.

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Text: Job 12:1-25

Then Job answered and said:

2 “No doubt you are the people,

and wisdom will die with you.

3 But I have understanding as well as you;

I am not inferior to you.

Who does not know such things as these?

4 I am a laughingstock to my friends;

I, who called to God and he answered me,

a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.

5 In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;

it is ready for those whose feet slip.

6 The tents of robbers are at peace,

and those who provoke God are secure,

who bring their god in their hand.

7 “But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;

the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;

8 or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you;

and the fish of the sea will declare to you.

9 Who among all these does not know

that the hand of the LORD has done this?

10 In his hand is the life of every living thing

and the breath of all mankind.

-Job 12:1-10 ESV

I AM A LAUGHINGSTOCK TO MY FRIENDS

There were several times Job asked God to show him his sin[ 6:24;10:2; 13:23] Job argued

‘2 No doubt you are the people,

and wisdom will die with you.

3 But I have understanding as well as you;

I am not inferior to you.

Who does not know such things as these? [v.2,3]

Their knowledge was purely by common sense [see v 7-10] and experience [see v11-12].

He argued that he who called to God and answered him in the past was a laughingstock to

“In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;

it is ready for those whose feet slip.

6 The tents of robbers are at peace,

and those who provoke God are secure,

who bring their god in their hand.” [v.5,6]

That, it was easy for them to charge him because they were not in his predicament. To remain

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Text: Job 11:1-20

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:

2 “Should a multitude of words go unanswered,

and a man full of talk be judged right?

3 Should your babble silence men,

and when you mock, shall no one shame you?

4 For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure,

and I am clean in God's eyes.’

5 But oh, that God would speak

and open his lips to you,

6 and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!

For he is manifold in understanding.

Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.

7 “Can you find out the deep things of God?

Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?

8 It is higher than heaven—what can you do?

Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

-Job 11:1-9 ESV

CAN YOU FIND OUT THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD?

‘Should your babble silence men,

and when you mock, shall no one shame you?

4 For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure,

and I am clean in God's eyes.’[v.3,4]

He spoke to defend his friends and even God, saying;

‘5 But oh, that God would speak

and open his lips to you.’

6 and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! [v.5,6a]

God’s wisdom is so inscrutable and limitless. Zophar declared in view of God’s omniscience

‘If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,

and let not injustice dwell in your tents.

15 Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish;

you will be secure and will not fear.’[v.14,15]

Apparently, a strict cause-and-effect relationship of sin leading to judgment was the

‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

so are my ways higher than your ways

and my thoughts than your thoughts.’[Isa 55:8,9]

Thus, when times that we can not tie things together, let’s not jump to conclusion that

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