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Job 1-2; 38-42

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Though He Slay Me

Job 1-2; 38-42

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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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[Verse 1] Job feared God and turned from evil, Children, flocks, and servants blessed. Then in one day messengers entered, Each one carrying less and less: Oxen taken, fire descending, Camels seized and servants slain, Then the wind struck all his children; Ashes could not hold such pain. [Refrain - Job] Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Naked I came, and naked return. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken; Blessed His name while the ashes burn. [Verse 2] Sores from foot to crown afflicted; Friends sat silent seven days. Then their answers grew like burdens, Certain judgment dressed as praise. Job demanded honest hearing, Longed to place his cause before The One whose wisdom shaped creation, Yet seemed hidden evermore. [Storm Bridge] Then from the whirlwind questions thundered: Where wast thou when earth was laid? Who shut seas behind their borders? Who taught dawn the path it made? Canst thou bind the sweet Pleiades? Canst thou call the lightning's line? Canst thou govern Behemoth, Or draw Leviathan with twine? [Final Refrain] Job laid hand upon his speaking, Saw his limits, dust, and place. He prayed for friends; the Lord restored him, Double blessing after grace. Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him; Faith may tremble, grief may burn. The Lord remains beyond man's counsel, And every creature waits its turn.

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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.

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Job 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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