Our Daily Scripture – 10/25/23 (Wednesday)

SCRIPTURE:  JOB 9

THEN JOB REPLIED (vs. 1-35)

JOB’S PERCEPTION OF GOD:

  1. No mortal being can be righteous before God. (v. 2)
  2. No one can dispute with God nor answer Him. (v. 3)
  3. God’s wisdom is profound, and his power is vast. (v.4a)
  4. No one can resist Him, and come out unscathed. (v. 4b)
  5. He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger. (v. 5)
  6. He shakes the earth from its place and makes it pillars tremble. (v. 6)
  7. He speaks to the sun and it does not shine; and He seals off the light of the stars. (v. 7)
  8. He stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea. (v. 8)
  9. He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the pleiades and the constellations of the south. (v. 9)
  10. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. (v. 10)
  11. I cannot see him when he passes me nor perceive him when he goes by. (v. 11)
  12. No one can stop him from snatching and ask him “What are you doing?” (v. 12)
  13. He does not restrain his anger (v. 13)
  14. I cannot dispute with him nor argue with him. (v. 14)
  15. I cannot answer him even if I am innocent.  I could only plead Him for mercy. (v. 15)
  16. Even if he responded to my summon, he would not give me a hearing. (v. 16)
  17. He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason. (v. 17)
  18. He would not let me regain my breath but would overwhelm me with misery. (v. 19)
  19. He destroys both the blameless and the wicked. (v. 22)
  20. He mocks the despair of the innocent. (v. 23)
  21. He blindfolds its judge when a land falls into the hands of the wicked. (v. 24)
  22. He cannot be confronted in court nor can I answer him. (v. 32)
  23. I cannot speak up without fear of him. (v. 35)

JOB’S ASSESSMENT OF HIMSELF:

  1. My days are swifter than a runner, they fly away without a glimpse of joy.  They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey. (vs. 25-26)
  2. I dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent. (v. 28)
  3. Why should I struggle in vain since i am already found guilty? (v. 29)
  4. I would be plunged into a slime pit even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with washing soda. (vs. 30-31)

THOUGHTS:

Job accepted Bildad’s confirmation that God is just but he maintained that he is blameless.  Therefore why should God condemn him?  He added these complaints:

  1.  I cannot contend with God. (vs. 1-13) – God is strong and great, wise and powerful.  We are ignorant and weak.  So who can question him?
  2.  I cannot answer Him. (vs. 14-35) – God is the judge and has all power.  Soi no one can present to him any argument.