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hillsbororiver:
  Job 7 (Amplified Bible)
   

  1 IS THERE not an [appointed] warfare and hard labor to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

  2 As a servant earnestly longs for the shade and the evening shadows, and as a hireling who looks for the reward of his work,

  3 So am I allotted months of futile [suffering], and [long] nights of misery are appointed to me.

  4 When I lie down I say, When shall I arise and the night be gone? And I am full of tossing to and fro till the dawning of the day.

  5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and has become loathsome, and it closes up and breaks out afresh.

  6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

  7 Oh, remember that my life is but wind (a puff, a breath, a sob); my eye shall see good no more.

  8 The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more; while your eyes are upon me, I shall be gone.

  9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol (the place of the dead) shall come up no more.

 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

 11 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 [O Lord]!

 12 Am I the sea, or the sea monster, that You set a watch over me?

 13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint,

 14 Then You scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions,

 15 So that I would choose strangling and death rather than these my bones.

 16 I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, for my days are a breath (futility).

 17 What is man that You should magnify him and think him important? And that You should set Your mind upon him?(A)

 18 And that You should visit him every morning and try him every moment?

 19 How long will Your [plaguing] glance not look away from me, nor You let me alone till I swallow my spittle?

 20 If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done You, O You Watcher and Keeper of men? Why have You set me as a mark for You, so that I am a burden to myself [and You]?

 21 And why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; and [even if] You will seek me diligently, [it will be too late, for] I shall not be.

Not feeling like this presently but Brothers and Sisters I can feel real empathy for and relate to where Job is coming from here. How about you?

His Peace and Wisdom to all,

Joe

hillsbororiver:
Here is the same chapter in "The Message" Version, before the Lord revealed more and more of Himself to me, I had days where I felt very much as Job did;

Job 7

"There's Nothing to My Life"

 1-6 "Human life is a struggle, isn't it? It's a life sentence to hard labor.
Like field hands longing for quitting time
   and working stiffs with nothing to hope for but payday,
I'm given a life that meanders and goes nowhere—
   months of aimlessness, nights of misery!
I go to bed and think, 'How long till I can get up?'
   I toss and turn as the night drags on—and I'm fed up!
I'm covered with maggots and scabs.
   My skin gets scaly and hard, then oozes with pus.
My days come and go swifter than the click of knitting needles,
   and then the yarn runs out—an unfinished life!

 7-10 "God, don't forget that I'm only a puff of air!
   These eyes have had their last look at goodness.
And your eyes have seen the last of me;
   even while you're looking, there'll be nothing left to look at.
When a cloud evaporates, it's gone for good;
   those who go to the grave never come back.
They don't return to visit their families;
   never again will friends drop in for coffee.

 11-16 "And so I'm not keeping one bit of this quiet,
   I'm laying it all out on the table;
   my complaining to high heaven is bitter, but honest.
Are you going to put a muzzle on me,
   the way you quiet the sea and still the storm?
If I say, 'I'm going to bed, then I'll feel better.
   A little nap will lift my spirits,'
You come and so scare me with nightmares
   and frighten me with ghosts
That I'd rather strangle in the bedclothes
   than face this kind of life any longer.
I hate this life! Who needs any more of this?
   Let me alone! There's nothing to my life—it's nothing
      but smoke.

 17-21 "What are mortals anyway, that you bother with them,
   that you even give them the time of day?
That you check up on them every morning,
   looking in on them to see how they're doing?
Let up on me, will you?
   Can't you even let me spit in peace?
Even suppose I'd sinned—how would that hurt you?
   You're responsible for every human being.
Don't you have better things to do than pick on me?
   Why make a federal case out of me?
Why don't you just forgive my sins
   and start me off with a clean slate?
The way things are going, I'll soon be dead.
   You'll look high and low, but I won't be around."

Reading this gives me more empathy for unbelievers and those who really have not been blessed with a relationship with Him as yet, isn't this what is going on in their heart of hearts in moments of despair or during rough times?

His Peace and Wisdom to you,

Joe

orion77:
(Job 7:20)  I have sinned; what do I do to You, O Watcher of man? Why have You set me as a target for You so that I am a burden on myself?

(Job 7:21)  And why do You not lift up my transgression, and make my iniquity pass away? For now I shall lie down in the dust, and You shall seek me; but I will not be.


Hello Joe, these last two verses are great when tied into others in the NT.  For example, death and baptism, its not I who live but Christ in me, a new creation, born again...

That is the real good news Christ brought to us.   ;D

God bless,

Gary

MG:
I live Job's words every day and I know it is God that brought me to this place. It is my relationship with God that brought me here. I would fall into despair if I thought I felt like this because I was an unbeliever or had no relationship with God. Ray's words were comforting when he said we are here to die and being saved is the hardest thing that any of us will ever have to do.

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.

I've often thought that the story of Job is a parable of what we all must go through. Then I have fear sometimes that I've been led down this path through deception. When I left the church my Pastor told me that my belief would lead me to despair and those words haunt me sometimes. I pray that God protects all of us from deception.

Job's restoration gives me hope.
Philippians 1:21
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Love to all,
MG






 
 

brothertoall:
Joe what an excellent thread. I have been through some very trying times and I too have thought when will it end. If not for the faith of Christ(His faith not mine) and His strength I would not have made it on my own.

 It is funny that when I was in the church it was easy to be mad at God and turn away from Him angry and feeling He was just out to get me. I now have the understanding that He has so mercifully given me and I no longer get angry but ask why and then seek His help and understanding of His will for my life.

bobby

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