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Job Chapter 6

Then Job answered and said, "Oh that my grief could be weighed, that all the calamity that has come upon me could be set upon the scales with it. For it is far heavier than all the sands of the seas combined.
Because of all this I have spoken rashly. For the arrows of the Almighty have struck me, He has pierced my spirit with His poison arrows. The terrors of God have come against me. Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass? Or the ox low when it has fodder? What is food without salt to season it? Can any taste be found in the white of an egg? I am repulsed by them. I have no stomach for such loathsome food.
Oh that I might have one request. That God would grant me what I ache for. That it would please God to crush me. That I could be done with it and die by His hand. Then I would take comfort knowing that despite the anguish of my soul I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
I have no strength to hope, for what is my faith that I should prolong my life? Am I made of stone? Is my flesh made of bronze? I am helpless and hopeless. For where I once was blessed, now I am cursed.
Here I am afflicted and broken. And as my friends, should you not be full of compassion and extend kindness to me in my time of need? Have you no fear of God? For you have dealt deceitfully with me. You are like a brook that passes away.
The caravans of Tema and the travelers from Sheba turn aside to seek refreshment, but their hopes are dashed and their confidence is shattered, because there is nothing there. And so you have left me confused and disappointed. For you offer me nothing, but turn from me in terror in my time of trouble. Did I ask you for anything? Did I ask you to bring me something or to give to me from your wealth? Did I ask you to deliver me from the enemy's hand, or to save me from my oppressors?
Teach me and I will be silent. Reveal to me the truth and I will listen. Help me to understand what I did wrong. To the truth I will listen, but you have not spoken so. Why have you rebuked me when I have cried out in desperation? You overwhelm me, for you have undermined our friendship. Look at me! I would never lie to your face. You have done me an injustice for my righteousness still stands. Have I spoken any wrong? I would confess if I had sinned for I know the difference between what is good and what is evil."

Job Chapter 7

"Is not a man's time on earth nothing but a period of hardship? Are not his days like that of a slave? Like a servant who toils in the hot sun he desires to rest in the shade, for the week of hard labor to end so he can collect his wages.
So to me have months of frustration been allotted filled with long and weary nights. When I lay down I desire the dawn, for all the night I toss and turn, there is no rest. My flesh is caked with worms and dirt, my skin cracks and breaks open.
The days of my life pass quickly and are spent without hope. Oh, my life is but a breath and my eye shall never see goodness again. Where you once saw me I shall be gone like a cloud that vanishes before your eyes. So it is with those who go to the grave, they are gone forever never to return to their family and home, yes, never to be seen again.
Therefore I will not restrain myself. I will speak the anguish of my spirit. I will cry out the bitterness of my soul.
Oh God, am I some monster of the deep that you must set yourself against to destroy? When I lay down on my bed seeking comfort you haunt my sleep with terrifying dreams and visions of dread. I would rather die of strangulation. That death would claim my body, for I loathe my life.
Oh Lord, I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. Who am I that you should set your heart against me and test and try me every moment of the day? How long? Would that you would leave me alone long enough to swallow? Have I sinned? What have I done to you oh watcher of men to provoke you? Why have you set me as your target and made my life such a burden.? Why not forgive me and pardon my transgression? Take away my iniquity, for soon my life will be over and though you seek for me diligently I will be gone."