WEBVTT - Job 10

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the chapter today Audio Bible. I'm John Stangey,

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<v Speaker 1>and today we're in Job chapter ten and we'll be

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<v Speaker 1>reading from the English Standard version. I loathe my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I will give free utterance to my complaint. I will

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<v Speaker 1>speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say

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<v Speaker 1>to God, do not condemn me. Let me know why

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<v Speaker 1>you contend against me. Does it seem good to you

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<v Speaker 1>to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, and

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<v Speaker 1>favor the designs of the wicked? Have you eyes of flesh?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you see as man sees? Are your days as

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<v Speaker 1>the days of man? Or your years as a man's years?

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<v Speaker 1>That you seek out my iniquity and search for my sin,

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<v Speaker 1>although you know that I am not guilty, and there

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<v Speaker 1>is none to deliver out of your hand. Your hands

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<v Speaker 1>fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember that you have made me like clay, and will

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<v Speaker 1>you return me to the dust? Did you not pour

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<v Speaker 1>me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? You

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<v Speaker 1>clothed me with skin and flesh and knit me together

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<v Speaker 1>with bones and sinews. You have granted me life and

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<v Speaker 1>steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit. Yet

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<v Speaker 1>these things you hid in your heart. I know that

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<v Speaker 1>this was your purpose. If I sin, you watch me

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<v Speaker 1>and do not ecquit me of my iniquity. If I

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<v Speaker 1>am guilty, woe to me. If I am in the right,

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<v Speaker 1>I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled

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<v Speaker 1>with disgrace, and look on my afflict. And were my

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<v Speaker 1>head lifted up, you would hunt me like a lion,

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<v Speaker 1>and again work wonders against me. You renew your witness

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<v Speaker 1>against me, and increase your vexation toward me. You bring

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<v Speaker 1>fresh troops against me. Why did you bring me out

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<v Speaker 1>from the womb? Would that I had died before any

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<v Speaker 1>eye had seen me? And whereas though I had not

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<v Speaker 1>been carried from the womb to the grave, are not

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<v Speaker 1>my days few? Then cease and leave me alone, that

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<v Speaker 1>I may find a little cheer before I go, and

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<v Speaker 1>I shall not return to the land of darkness and

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<v Speaker 1>deep shadow, the land of gloom, like thick darkness, like

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<v Speaker 1>deep shadow, without any order, where light is as thick darkness.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for your word, and

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<v Speaker 1>we thank you for the opportunity to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>look at it together today. And Lord, when we look

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<v Speaker 1>at this portion of Scripture, we could see Job's anguish

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<v Speaker 1>is very real, and he's in the midst of the

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<v Speaker 1>darkest season of his life, and he's questioning why he

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<v Speaker 1>was even allowed to be born. And at the same time,

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<v Speaker 1>as he examines his life, he's not seeing an area

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<v Speaker 1>of obvious sin against you. He feels that up to

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<v Speaker 1>this point he's been living in such a way that

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<v Speaker 1>he's honored you, and so he questions this time of

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<v Speaker 1>trial because he's thinking of it through the lens of

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<v Speaker 1>it being a punishment for sin. And Lord, you certainly

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<v Speaker 1>do judge sin, and there are certainly consequences for sin.

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<v Speaker 1>But Lord, help us to learn from what we're seeing

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<v Speaker 1>Job experience in this book that not every trial that

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<v Speaker 1>we experience in our life is something related to sinful

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<v Speaker 1>activity on our part. Sometimes, Lord, you reveal to us

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<v Speaker 1>in your Word that you allow trials to come into

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<v Speaker 1>our lives for the purpose of us becoming stronger, for

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<v Speaker 1>the purpose of us learning that we can rely on

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<v Speaker 1>you and trust in you. You develop our faith, and

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<v Speaker 1>you produce holiness and perseverance in the lives of those

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<v Speaker 1>who trust in you. Lord, we're grateful for that. Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>You demonstrate time and again in scripture that good things

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<v Speaker 1>can come from trials. We see that likewise in the

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<v Speaker 1>trials that your son Jesus Christ experienced during the course

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<v Speaker 1>of his earthly ministry. As he, the innocent One, the

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<v Speaker 1>anointed One, was crucified for our sin, but he did

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<v Speaker 1>so for our benefit, that much righteousness could come as

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<v Speaker 1>a result of his intervention on our behalf. So we're grateful,

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<v Speaker 1>Lord for these things, and we pray that you'd remind

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<v Speaker 1>us of these truths when we're in the midst of

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<v Speaker 1>seasons that feel very difficult, and seasons that weigh heavy

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<v Speaker 1>on our souls. Lord, grant us your strength, and we

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for your presence with us today. We commit

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<v Speaker 1>this day to your care and pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.