Lyrics · Job
Though He Slay Me
Job 1-2; 38-42
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This song belongs to the Job collection. 8 recordings are available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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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.
Study Job 1 in depthJob 2: The boundary moves, and the friends sit down
The second heavenly exchange begins with the first accusation already defeated. Job still holds fast his integrity, and the LORD describes the earlier destruction as occurring "without cause." Satan therefore changes the proposed test from possessions to person, arguing that bodily suffering will succeed where bereavement and ruin did not. Permission expands, but a boundary remains: Job's life must be spared. The sores reduce the once prosperous man to ashes and a potsherd. His wife urges the very curse Satan predicted, and Job refuses her proposal while acknowledging that calamity has come from the hand of God. Then Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar arrive with a stated purpose to mourn and comfort. Their first response is not argument but shared grief. Unable at first even to recognize Job, they weep, tear their garments, scatter dust, and sit beside him in silence for seven days and nights.
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