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Job 16

I have sewn sackcloth together to cover my

skin,

And I have buried my dignity in the dust.

My face is red from weeping,

And on my eyelids is deep shadow,

Although my hands have done no violence

And my prayer is pure.


- Yes, Job is down the pit!


- He wears a sackcloth!




- Can you imagine what it means for a man like Job and even for anyone of us?


- He has no more dignity!


- Can you imagine what it means for a man like Job and even for anyone of us?


- He is but the shadow of himself!


- His face has changed!


- But he keeps expressing his faithfulness!


- he has done no violence!


- And above all, his prayer is pure!

 

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Job 16

O earth, do not cover my blood!

And let there be no resting-place for my

outcry!


- Job is a warrior!


- He still has a fighting spirit!


- He will keep crying out!


- He will never stop talking about his feelings!


- He will have no rest till God answers him!


- He is not someone who renounces easily!

 

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Job 16

Even now, my witness is in the heavens;

The one who can testify for me is in the

heights.


- Job’s only reference is God!


- No one else exists as an authority!


- And God knows that he has done nothing wrong!


- It is evidence for him!


- And he doesn’t understand why God doesn’t answer him!


- But he will keep crying out!


- He will never stop!

 

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Job 16

My companions ridicule me

As my eye sheds tears to God.


- Job’s mind is clear!


- He knows what the men who are with him do with him!


- He knows that they are fighting against him!


- He knows that they don’t care about him!


- He knows that they don’t do anything for him!


- They just want to please their own ears!


- They just want to prove themselves right!

 

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Job 16

Let someone arbitrate between a man and God,

As one would between a man and his fellow.

For the years to come are few,

And I will go away on the path of no return.


- Job knows his personal situation!


- He doesn’t see any hope!


- And he is ready for any solution!


- But whatever may happen he will keep fighting!


- He will not renounce!

 

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Job 17

“My spirit has been broken, my days have been

extinguished;

The graveyard awaits me.

Mockers surround me,

And my eye must gaze at their rebellious

behavior.


- Job is done!


- It is evidence!


- He knows he won’t last like that for long!


- Moreover, people are there to accelerate the process!


- And he can’t do anything!

- He can only fight with his mouth, with his intelligence!


- He can only cry out for justice!

 

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Job 17

Please accept my security, and keep it with you.

Who else will shake hands with me and pledge

in my behalf?

For you have concealed discernment from their

heart;

That is why you do not exalt them.


- Everybody is against him!


- The only one who can help him is God!


- The men who speak and oppose him are far from being wise!


- They don’t know what they are talking about!


- He can’t stop fighting!


- He has no other alternative till God answers him!


- He can only save time!

 

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Job 17

He may offer to share with his friends,

While the eyes of his children fail.

He has made me an object of scorn among the

peoples,

So that I became one in whose face they spit.


- Everyone is against him!


- Nobody cares about him!


- But it is not enough to spit in his face!


- The devil is ready to use all the means to destroy Job!


- He is ready for all extremities!


- He knows he can do anything except kill him!


- He has no humanity!


- He is evil and personalized!


- He wants humanity to be destroyed!

 

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Job 17

From anguish my eyes grow dim,

And all my limbs are but a shadow.

Upright people stare in amazement at this,

And the innocent one is disturbed over the

godless.

The righteous one keeps holding fast to his way,

And the one with clean hands grows

stronger.


- Job is but a shadow of himself!


- Upright people won’t understand!


- Job doesn’t understand himself!


- But he keeps faithful!


- And the faithful do the same!


- Job is down but his faithfulness is up!

 

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Job 17

However, you may all come and resume your

arguing,

For I have not found anyone wise among you.


- What a fighting spirit!


- Job is down mentally and physically!


- But he keeps fighting!


- And he tells his opponents that they are not wise!


- They can say whatever they want!


- It won’t change anything!


- Their speeches are empty talks!


- And for him, it is an obligation to tell them again and again!


- he has nothing to lose, nothing to win!

 

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Job 17

My days are FINISHED;

My plans, the desires of my heart, have been SHATTERED.


- We see a combative Job!


- But he has no more hope!


- But everything he has in mind has collapsed!


- Because he can’t find comfort in God’s relationship!


- Because he can’t communicate with him anymore!


- Because of the devil!


- Let no one prevent us from depriving us of our relationship with God!


- And above all, ourselves!


- We are the only ones who can help us build it up!


- And we must keep doing it whatever may happen!

 

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Job 17

They keep turning night into day,

Saying, “Light must be near because it is dark.”

If I wait, the Grave will become my home;

I will spread out my bed in darkness.


- NIGHT!


- DARK!


- GRAVE!


- DARKNESS!


- Well, these four words are clear!


- I hope that you will never have these four words in tyour mind at the same time!


- Because then it is really dark inside!


- Even if everything is dark inside, we need light and it can only come from our relationship with God!


- BUT AT THIS MOMENT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR JOB!


- BUT THAT’S THE ONLY WAY HE Knows!


- SO WHAT CAN HE DO?

 

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Job 17

I will call out to the pit, “You are my father!”

To the maggot, “My mother and my sister!”


- Do you hear Job’s words?


- He can’t communicate with God!


- He doesn’t know why!


- God is the only reference he has!


- God is his only hope!


- God is his only lamp in the darkness!


- And even in the pit, he will call out saying: “You are my father!”


- Do you really understand the type of relationship Job has with God?


- It is an INDESTRUCTIBLE ONE!

 

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Job 17

Where, then, is my hope?

It will go down to the barred gates of the

Grave

When we all descend together into the dust


- NO HOPE!


- JUST BARRED GATES!


- WE ALL DESCEND TOGETHER INTO THE DUST!


- And Job will keep calling for God!


- is that a small light in the darkness of pain and sufferance?


- Or a big one?

 

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Job 19

Job says in reply:

“How long will you keep irritating my soul,

Crushing me with words?

These ten times you have rebuked me;

You are not ashamed to deal harshly with

me.


- It is incredible!


- Each time his opponents want to strike Job it only makes him more combative!


- Think about:


- “IRRITATING MY SOUL”!


- “CRUSHING ME WITH WORDS?”


- “TEN TIMES YOU HAVE REBUKED ME”


- “YOU ARE NOT ASHAMED TO DEAL HARSHLY WITH ME”!


- We definitely know what they are doing against Job!


- It is not possible to think the contrary!


- We just need to hear Job’s own words!


- And what WORDS!

 

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Job 19

And if indeed I made a mistake,

My error remains with me.

If you insist on exalting yourselves over me,

Claiming that the reproach against me is

justified,

Know, then, that it is God who has misled me,

And he has caught me in his hunting net.


- “If you insist on exalting yourselves over me”!


- Is that not EMPTY WORDS!


- It reminds me of the religious leaders!


- But if you don’t give PROPER ARGUMENTS, it is just EMPTY WORDS!


- Job is clear about that!


- They can’t expect him to let them say EMPTY WORDS without fighting back!


- It’s the same for us: we can’ let people say EMPTY WORDS without fighting back!


- And he knows he has been misled not by God but by the devil who has caught him in his hunting net!

 

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Job 19

look! I keep crying out, “Violence! But I get no answer;

I keep crying for help, but there is no justice.


- And Job is used to God answering him!


- So he keeps crying!


- And he will keep crying!


- And yes, for him there is no justice!


- And there will be no justice before God answers him!


- Because that’s the only way he knows!

 

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Job 19

My path he has blocked with a stone wall, and I

cannot pass by;

He has covered my roadways with darkness.


- Yes, the devil is blocking him with a stone wall!


- Yes, the devil is covering his roadways with darkness!


- And more than that!


- Because there is no one like him on earth!


- And think of each attack by the devil!


- And Job keeps faithful!


- And the more he attacks him, the more Job resists and keeps faithful!


- What A SMACK in the devil’s face!


- Job is proving he is A LIAR!

 

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Job 19

He has stripped me of my glory

And removed the crown from my head.


- Yes, Job is proud of who he was before!


- When he used to help people!


- Or give them advice!


- And thinking of his past life may help him to rejoice a bit in his misfortune!


- And encourage him to keep fighting!


- And yes, he won’t forget!


- He will always remember!


- WHATEVER MAY HAPPENS!

 

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Job 19

He breaks me down on all sides until I perish;

My hope he uproots like a tree.

His anger burns against me,

And he views me as his enemy.


- Oh yes, that's what the devil thinks!


- And he is in RAGE!


- How is it possible that a MERE MAN can resist him?


- And he strikes him with all the arms he has!


- So think about it!


- it is not a small business!


- Because all the angels are watching!


- And the devil is showing himself RIDICULOUS§


- He is against a mere man!


- He must be kidding!


- But he is not, that’s the problem for him!


- Because all the angels are watching!


- And there are NUMEROUS!


- WHAT A SHAME FOR HIM!


- And shame is far away from what he really feels!