Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.Job 7:11+No Restraint“Bite your tongue,” we are often told.  Don’t lash o...  Read More

As the cloud fades and vanishes, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up; he returns no more to his house, nor does his place know him anymore.Job 7:9-10+Life Amongst the CloudsFor many death is...  Read More

Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never again see good. The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more; while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone.Job 7:7-8+Life is a BreathFor the fir...  Read More

When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’ But the night is long, and I am full of tossing till the dawn. My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt; my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh. My days ar...  Read More

“Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand? Like a slave who longs for the shadow, and like a hired hand who looks for his wages, so I am allotted months ...  Read More

Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?Job 6:30+Proper DiscernmentJob’s friends tried to help by offering advice as to how he could remedy his situation.  ...  Read More

“But now, be pleased to look at me, for I will not lie to your face. Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.Job 6:28-29+My VindicationJob once again turns to his f...  Read More

Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind? You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.Job 6:26-27+Words in the WindWords are ...  Read More

“Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray. How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove?Job 6:24-25+Teach Me“You can’t teach an old dog new t...  Read More

Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’? Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?Job 6:22-23+RedemptionWhat does it...  Read More

For you have now become nothing; you see my calamity and are afraid.Job 6:21+To Become NothingSchadenfreude is pleasure or amusement in response to the misfortunes, pain, humiliation, or mistakes of o...  Read More

The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish. The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope. They are ashamed because they were confident; they come there a...  Read More