About this song
About this song
This song belongs to the Job collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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- Job
[Verse 1]
Job lives in the land of Uz as a perfect and upright man who fears God and rejects evil.
His flocks include seven thousand sheep and three thousand camels.
A very great household makes Job the greatest man of the east.
After each cycle Job sends to sanctify his children.
[Pre-Chorus]
The speeches rose, each certain of its claim,
But certainty alone could not explain.
[Chorus]
Doth Job Fear God for Nought, let the question open wide,
Human answers fail when pride becomes the guide.
Wisdom cannot be purchased, mined, or seized,
It comes from God, before whom striving ceased.
[Verse 2]
Satan also appears among the heavenly assembly.
The LORD asks where Satan has come from.
Satan answers that he has gone to and fro throughout the earth.
Satan questions whether Job fears God without receiving benefit.
[Bridge]
Satan acknowledges that Job's work and substance have been blessed.
He predicts that Job will curse God if his possessions are touched.
The LORD places all Job owns within Satan's power but forbids harm to Job himself.
Satan departs from the presence of the LORD with the stated boundary in force.
[Final Chorus]
Doth Job Fear God for Nought, let the question open wide,
Human answers fail when pride becomes the guide.
Wisdom cannot be purchased, mined, or seized,
It comes from God, before whom human pride must cease.
[Outro]
The question stayed when every speech was through.
Wisdom began where human certainty withdrew.
Named in this songJob
About the passage
Job 1: Integrity before the losses begin
Job is introduced with the verdict that matters before the losses begin: he is upright, reverent, and careful to turn from evil. His prosperity follows that description but does not define it, and his repeated offerings show a father concerned even about possible inward failures among his children. The heavenly challenge then shifts the question from conduct to motive. Satan argues that Job's devotion has been purchased by protection, and permission is given to touch what he has while leaving his person untouched. The disasters arrive without pause, ending with the deaths of his children. Job's response holds mourning and worship together. He tears his clothing, shaves his head, falls down, and blesses the LORD. The chapter closes by expressly refusing to call that response sin.
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