BRAGADAYJAH. 1274
Job’s Response to Bildad’s Second Speech
Then Job answered and said, “How long will ye vex my soul and break me in
pieces with words? These ten times have you reproached me; are you not ashamed
that you make yourselves strange to me? And be it indeed that that I have erred
my error remaineth with myself. If indeed ye will magnify against me and plead against
me my reproach. Know not that God hath overthrown me and hath compassed me with
his net? Behold, I cry out of wrong but I am not heard. I cry aloud but there
is no judgment. He has fenced up my way that I cannot pass; and he hath and has
set darkness into my paths. He hath stripped me of my glory and taken the crown
from me head. He hath destroyed me on every side. And I am gone and mine hope
has he removed like a tree. He hath also kindles his wrath against and he counteth
me unto him as one of his enemies. His troops come together and raise up their
way against me. And encamp round about my tabernacle. He hath put my brethren
far from me and my acquaintances are very estranged from me. My kinfolk have
failed and my family friends have forgotten me. They that dwell in mine house
and my maids count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight [to be
continued]
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Friday, March 31, 2017
Thursday, March 30, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1273
BRAGADAYJAH 1273
End of Bildad’s Second Speech
His strength shall be hugerbitten and destruction shall be ready at his side. It shall devour strength of his skin even the first born of death shall devour his strength. His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. It shall dwell in his tabernacle because it is none of his, brainstorm shall be scattered upon his habitation His roots shall be dried up beneath and above shall his branch be cut off. His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. He shall be driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world. He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people nor any remaining among his dwellings. They that come after him shall be astoned at his day as they that went before were affrighted. Surely such are the dwelling of the wicked and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1272
BRAGADAYJAH 1272
Bildad’s Second Speech.
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite and said: “How long will it be aye ye make an end of words? Mark, and afterwards we will speak. Wherefore are we counted as beasts and imputed vile in your site? He teareth himself in his anger. Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? And shall the rock be removed out of its place? Yes the light of the wicked shall be put out and the spark of his fire shall not shine. The light shall be dark in his tabernacle and his candle shall be put out with him. The steps of his strength shall be straightened and his own counsel shall cast him down. For he is cast into a pit by his own feet and he walketh upon a snare. The gin shall take him by the heel and the robber shall prevail against him. The snare is laid for him in the ground and a trap for him in the way. Terrors shall make him afraid on every side and shall drive him to his feet.
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1271
BRAGADAYJAH 1271
Job Continues – He will rest in death.
My breath is corrupt; my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. Are there not mockers with me? And does not my eye continue in their provocation? Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee. Who is he that will strike hands with me? For thou hast hid their heart from understanding; therefore shall thou not exalt them. He that speaketh flatter, to his family even the eyes of the children shall fail. He hath made me also a byword of the people, and aforetime was as a tabret. My eyes also is dim by reason of sorrow and all my members are a shadow. Upright men shall be astounded at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. But as for you all for ye return and come now, for I cannot find one wise among you. My days are past; my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. They change the night into day, the light is short because of darkness. If I wait, the grave is my house, I have made my bed in the darkness. I have said to corruption, Thou art my father, to the worm thou art my mother and my sister; and where is now my hope? As for my hope who shall see it? They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.www.chaberbooks.com
Job Continues – He will rest in death.
My breath is corrupt; my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. Are there not mockers with me? And does not my eye continue in their provocation? Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee. Who is he that will strike hands with me? For thou hast hid their heart from understanding; therefore shall thou not exalt them. He that speaketh flatter, to his family even the eyes of the children shall fail. He hath made me also a byword of the people, and aforetime was as a tabret. My eyes also is dim by reason of sorrow and all my members are a shadow. Upright men shall be astounded at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. But as for you all for ye return and come now, for I cannot find one wise among you. My days are past; my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. They change the night into day, the light is short because of darkness. If I wait, the grave is my house, I have made my bed in the darkness. I have said to corruption, Thou art my father, to the worm thou art my mother and my sister; and where is now my hope? As for my hope who shall see it? They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.www.chaberbooks.com
Monday, March 27, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1270
BRAGAGADJAH 1270
Job continues to address his Miserable Comforters
I was at ease, but He has broken me asunder. He has also taken me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up for his mark. His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder and doth not spare. He poureth out my gall upon the ground. He breaketh me with breach upon breach. He runneth upon me like a giant I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin and defile my horn in the dust. My face is foul with weeping and on my eyelids is the shadow of death. Not for any injustice in my hand also my prayer is pure. O earth cover not thou my blood and let my cry have no place; also now behold my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. My friends scorn me; but my eyes poureth out tears unto God. O that one might plead with God for man as a man pleadeth for his neighbor. When a few years are come then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
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Job continues to address his Miserable Comforters
I was at ease, but He has broken me asunder. He has also taken me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up for his mark. His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder and doth not spare. He poureth out my gall upon the ground. He breaketh me with breach upon breach. He runneth upon me like a giant I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin and defile my horn in the dust. My face is foul with weeping and on my eyelids is the shadow of death. Not for any injustice in my hand also my prayer is pure. O earth cover not thou my blood and let my cry have no place; also now behold my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. My friends scorn me; but my eyes poureth out tears unto God. O that one might plead with God for man as a man pleadeth for his neighbor. When a few years are come then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
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Sunday, March 26, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1269
BRAGADAYJAH 1269
Job calls his Friends. Miserable Comforters.
Then Job answered and said: ”I have heard many such things, miserable comforters are you all. Shall vain words have an end? Or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s stead. I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you. But I would strengthen you with my mouth and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief. Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged and though I forbear what am I eased? But now he hath made me weary, thou hast made desolation all my company; and thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me; and my leanness rising up in me, bear witness to my face. He teaseth me in his wrath, who hateth me he gnasheth upon me with his teeth. My enemy sharpeneth his eye upon me. They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me. God has delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
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Job calls his Friends. Miserable Comforters.
Then Job answered and said: ”I have heard many such things, miserable comforters are you all. Shall vain words have an end? Or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s stead. I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you. But I would strengthen you with my mouth and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief. Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged and though I forbear what am I eased? But now he hath made me weary, thou hast made desolation all my company; and thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me; and my leanness rising up in me, bear witness to my face. He teaseth me in his wrath, who hateth me he gnasheth upon me with his teeth. My enemy sharpeneth his eye upon me. They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me. God has delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
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Saturday, March 25, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1268
BRAGADAYJAH 1268
Eliphaz continues to chastise Job
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Friday, March 24, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1267
BRAGADAYJAH 1267
Eliphaz’s Second Speech. He rebukes Job.
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite and said; “Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherein he can do no good? Yea thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. For thy mouth utter thine iniquity, and thou chooseth the tongue of the crafty. Thy own mouth condemn thee, and not I. Thine own lips testify against thee. Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou made before the hills? Hast thou heard the secret of God and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? What knowest thou that we know not, what understandest thou that is not in us? With us are both the gray headed and very aged men, much older than thy father. Are the consolations of God small with thee? Why dost thy heart carry thee away? And what do thy eyes wink at, that thou turnest thy spirit against God, and letest such words go out of thy mouth? What is man that he should be clean, and he that is born of a woman that he should be righteous? Behold He puttest no trust in his saints, yea the heavens are not clean in His sight. How much more abominable and filthy is man which drinketh iniquity like water? I will show thee; hear me, and that which I have seen I will declare.
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Eliphaz’s Second Speech. He rebukes Job.
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite and said; “Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherein he can do no good? Yea thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. For thy mouth utter thine iniquity, and thou chooseth the tongue of the crafty. Thy own mouth condemn thee, and not I. Thine own lips testify against thee. Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou made before the hills? Hast thou heard the secret of God and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? What knowest thou that we know not, what understandest thou that is not in us? With us are both the gray headed and very aged men, much older than thy father. Are the consolations of God small with thee? Why dost thy heart carry thee away? And what do thy eyes wink at, that thou turnest thy spirit against God, and letest such words go out of thy mouth? What is man that he should be clean, and he that is born of a woman that he should be righteous? Behold He puttest no trust in his saints, yea the heavens are not clean in His sight. How much more abominable and filthy is man which drinketh iniquity like water? I will show thee; hear me, and that which I have seen I will declare.
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Thursday, March 23, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1266
BRAGADAYJAH 1266
Job continues- He awaits resurrection.
If a man dies shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time I will wait until my change comes. Thou shalt call and I will answer Thee, thou shalt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
For now thou numbereth my steps. And thou not watch over my sins? My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou seweth up mine iniquity; and surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place. The waters wear the stones; thou washest way the things which grow out of the dust of the earth. And thou destroyeth the hope of man. Thou prevaileth forever against him: and he passeth; thou changeth his countenance and send him away. His son comes to honour and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low; but he perceiveth it not. But his flesh upon him shall have pain. And his soul within him shall mourn.
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Job continues- He awaits resurrection.
If a man dies shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time I will wait until my change comes. Thou shalt call and I will answer Thee, thou shalt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
For now thou numbereth my steps. And thou not watch over my sins? My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou seweth up mine iniquity; and surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place. The waters wear the stones; thou washest way the things which grow out of the dust of the earth. And thou destroyeth the hope of man. Thou prevaileth forever against him: and he passeth; thou changeth his countenance and send him away. His son comes to honour and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low; but he perceiveth it not. But his flesh upon him shall have pain. And his soul within him shall mourn.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1265
BRAGADAYJAH 1265
Job Continued: He Awaits Resurrection.
“Man that is born of a woman is of a few days, and is full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down. He fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringeth me into judgement with thee? Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No not one. Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee thou has appointed his bonds that he cannot pass. Turn from him that he may rest until he has accomplished as a hireling his day. For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth and the stock thereof die in the ground. Yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth and wasteth away; yea man giveth up the ghost and where is he? As the waters fail from the sea and the flood decayeth and dries up, so man lieth down and risest up not again till the heavens be no more they shall rise no more or wake out of their sleep. O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave that thou wouldest keep me secret until thy wrath be past; that thou wouldest appoint a time and remember me!”
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Job Continued: He Awaits Resurrection.
“Man that is born of a woman is of a few days, and is full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down. He fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringeth me into judgement with thee? Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No not one. Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee thou has appointed his bonds that he cannot pass. Turn from him that he may rest until he has accomplished as a hireling his day. For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth and the stock thereof die in the ground. Yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth and wasteth away; yea man giveth up the ghost and where is he? As the waters fail from the sea and the flood decayeth and dries up, so man lieth down and risest up not again till the heavens be no more they shall rise no more or wake out of their sleep. O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave that thou wouldest keep me secret until thy wrath be past; that thou wouldest appoint a time and remember me!”
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1264
BRAGADAYJAH 1264
Job continues to rebut Zophar
“Hear diligently my speech and my declaration with your ears. Behold now I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. Who is he that will pleas with me? For now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. Only do not two things unto me, then will I not hide myself from thee. Withdraw thine hand far from me, and let not thy dread make me afraid. Then call Thou and I will answer, or let me speak and answer thou me. How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgressions and my sin. Wherefore hideth thou thy face and beholdeth me for thine enemy? Will thou break a leaf driven to and fro? And will thou pursue the dry stubble? For thou writest bitter things against me, and maketh me to possess the iniquities of my youth. Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks and looketh narrowly into all my paths; thou settest a print into the heels of my feet. And he, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
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Job continues to rebut Zophar
“Hear diligently my speech and my declaration with your ears. Behold now I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. Who is he that will pleas with me? For now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. Only do not two things unto me, then will I not hide myself from thee. Withdraw thine hand far from me, and let not thy dread make me afraid. Then call Thou and I will answer, or let me speak and answer thou me. How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgressions and my sin. Wherefore hideth thou thy face and beholdeth me for thine enemy? Will thou break a leaf driven to and fro? And will thou pursue the dry stubble? For thou writest bitter things against me, and maketh me to possess the iniquities of my youth. Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks and looketh narrowly into all my paths; thou settest a print into the heels of my feet. And he, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
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Monday, March 20, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1263
BRAGADAYJAH 1263
Jog Continues his Rebuttal
Lo mine eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it. What ye know the same do I know also. I am not inferior unto you. Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. But ye are forgers of lies; ye are all the physicians of no value. O that you would altogether hold your peace, and it should be your wisdom. Hear now my reasoning and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. Will ye speak wickedly for God? And talk deceitfully for Him? Will ye accept His person, will ye contend for God? Is it good that He should search you out, or as one man mocketh another, do you so mock Him? He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons, shall not His excellency make you afraid, and His dread fall upon you? Your remembrance are like unto ashes your bodies, to bodies of clay. Hold your peace, let me alone that I may speak and let come upon me what will. Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand? Though He slay me yet will I trust in Him. But I will maintain my own ways before him. He also shall be my salvation for a hypocrite shall not come before him.
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Jog Continues his Rebuttal
Lo mine eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it. What ye know the same do I know also. I am not inferior unto you. Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. But ye are forgers of lies; ye are all the physicians of no value. O that you would altogether hold your peace, and it should be your wisdom. Hear now my reasoning and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. Will ye speak wickedly for God? And talk deceitfully for Him? Will ye accept His person, will ye contend for God? Is it good that He should search you out, or as one man mocketh another, do you so mock Him? He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons, shall not His excellency make you afraid, and His dread fall upon you? Your remembrance are like unto ashes your bodies, to bodies of clay. Hold your peace, let me alone that I may speak and let come upon me what will. Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand? Though He slay me yet will I trust in Him. But I will maintain my own ways before him. He also shall be my salvation for a hypocrite shall not come before him.
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Sunday, March 19, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1262
BRAGADAYJAH 1262
Job Rebuts Zophar
Behold He [God] withholdeth the waters and they dry up; also He sendeth them out and they cover the earth. With Him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are His. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. He looseth the bonds of kings and girdeth their loins with a girdle. He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the undertaking of the aged. He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. He descovereth deep things out of darkness and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. He increaseth the nations and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations and straighteneth them. He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and cuaseth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man..
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Job Rebuts Zophar
Behold He [God] withholdeth the waters and they dry up; also He sendeth them out and they cover the earth. With Him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are His. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. He looseth the bonds of kings and girdeth their loins with a girdle. He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the undertaking of the aged. He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. He descovereth deep things out of darkness and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. He increaseth the nations and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations and straighteneth them. He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and cuaseth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man..
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Saturday, March 18, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1261
BRAGADAYJAH 1261
Job Rebuts Zophar.
Job answered Zophar and said, “No
doubt you are the purple, and wisdom shall die with you. But I have
understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you, yea, who knoweth not
such things as these? I am as one mocked of his neighbor; who calleth upon God,
and he answereth him; the just upright man is laughed to scorn. He that is
ready to slip with his feet, is a lamp despised in the thought of him who is at
ease The tabernacles of the robbers prosper; and they that provoke God are
secure into those hands God bringeth abundantly. But ask now the beasts, and
they shall teach thee; and the fouls of the air, and they shall tell thee. Or
speak to the earth and it shall teach thee, and the fishes of the sea shall
declare it unto thee. Who knoweth not that in all theses that the hand of the
Lord, He hath wrought this? In whose
hand is the soul of every living and the breath of all mankind. Does not the
ear hear thy words, and the mouth tastes its meat? With the ancient is wisdom,
and in length of days understanding. With Him is wisdom and strength. He has
counsel and understanding. Behold He breaketh down and it cannot be built
again, He shutteth up and there can be no opening. Job Rebuts Zophar.
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Friday, March 17, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1260
BRAGADAYJAH 1260
Zophar's First Speech continued.
For He [God] knoweth vain men; He
seeth wickedness also; will He not consider it? For vain man would be wise. Though
man be born like a wild ass’s colt. If thou prepare thine heart and stretch out
thy hands toward Him, if iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away and let not
wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. For then shall thou lift up thy face
without spot; yea, thou shalt be steadfast and not fear. Because thou shalt forget
thy misery and remember it as waters that pass away. And thine age shall be
clearer than the noonday; thou shall shine forth; thou shalt be as the morning.
And thou shalt be secure because there is hope, yea, thou shalt dig about thee,
and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. Also thou shalt lie down and none shall
make thee afraid. Yea many shall make suit unto thee. But the eyes of the
wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape and their hope shall be as the
giving up of the ghost. [ See Job’s rebuttal next] Zophar's First Speech continued.
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St Patrick's Day in Montserrat
St Patrick’s Day Celebrations.
As the people of Montserrat gear up to celebrate and are celebrating St Patrick’s Day, there are voices of approval and voices of dissent, and really I see no great merit in joining in the fray. People have a right to celebrate what they want to celebrate and those who do not agree should just stay out of the way.
Jean Jacques Rousseau commented:
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. One man thinks himself master of others, but remains more of a slave than they are.”
Jesus Himself speaks about freedom and by implication slavery. For He says, “And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” If the son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”
The clear statement of fact is, therefore, all who were never set free by the Spirit of Christ are still very much enchained and enslaved.
I submit, therefore, our freedom is not by emancipation, not by proclamation, not by constitutional declaration, but by the truth which lies in Jesus the Christ.
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Thursday, March 16, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1259
BRAGADAYJAH 1259
Zophar Charges Job
Then spoke Zophar the Naamathite and said, “Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified? Should thy lies make man’s tongue hold their peace? And when thou mocked shall not man make thee ashamed? For thou hast said, my doctrine is pure and I am clean in thine eyes. But oh that God would speak and open His lips against thee; and that He would shew thee the secrets of thy wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know, therefore, that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Canst thou by searching find out? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven what canst thou do? Deeper than hell what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth and broader than the sea. If he cut off and shut up, or gather together then who can hinder Him? [to be continued]
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1258
BRAGADAYJAH 1258
Job’s interpleading continued: ”Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation has preserved my spirit. And these things have thou hid in my heart. I know that this is with Thee. If I sin, then thou markest me; and thou will not acquit me from my iniquity. If I am wicked woe unto me; and if I be righteous yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confession; therefore, see thou my affliction; for it increases; thou huntest me as a fierce lion, and again thou shewest thyself marvelous upon me Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me charges and war against me. Wherefore thou hast brought me forth out of the womb, or that I had given up the ghost and no eyes had seen me? I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. Are not my days few? Cease then and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, before I go whence shall I not return; even to the land of darkness, and the shadow of death. A land of darkness as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death without any order and where the light is as darkness.
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Job’s interpleading continued: ”Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation has preserved my spirit. And these things have thou hid in my heart. I know that this is with Thee. If I sin, then thou markest me; and thou will not acquit me from my iniquity. If I am wicked woe unto me; and if I be righteous yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confession; therefore, see thou my affliction; for it increases; thou huntest me as a fierce lion, and again thou shewest thyself marvelous upon me Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me charges and war against me. Wherefore thou hast brought me forth out of the womb, or that I had given up the ghost and no eyes had seen me? I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. Are not my days few? Cease then and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, before I go whence shall I not return; even to the land of darkness, and the shadow of death. A land of darkness as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death without any order and where the light is as darkness.
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1257
BRAGADAYJAH 1257
Job states, both the righteous and the wicked Suffer.
Job interpleads with God. “My soul is weary, of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say unto God, do not condemn me; show me whereof thou contendest with me. Is it good unto thee that thou shouldst oppress? That thou shouldst despise the work of thine hands and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? Has thou eyes of flesh, or seeth thou as man seeth? Are thy days as the days of man, are thy years as a man’s days that thou enquireth after mine iniquity and seachest after my sin? Thou knoweth that I am not wicked and that there is none that can deliver out of thy hand. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou destroys me. Remember, I beseech thee that thou hast made me as the clay, and will thou bring me into dust again? Has thou not poured me out as milk and curdled me like cheese? Thou hast clothes me with skin and flesh and has fenced me with skin and sinews [to be continued]
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Monday, March 13, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1256
BRAGADAYJAH 1256
Job’s Response to Bildad Part 2
Job continues: This is one thing, therefore, I said it; If He destroys the perfect and the wicked. If the scourge slay suddenly, He will laugh at the trial of the innocent. The earth is given into the hand of the wicked he covers the face of the judges; if not where and who is he? Now my days are swifter than a post; they flee, they see no good. They are passed away as the swift ships; as the eagle that hastes to the prey. If I say I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness and comfort myself, I am afraid of all my sorrows I know, that thou wilt not hold me innocent. If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hand ever so clean, yet shall thou plunge me in the ditch and mine own clothes shall abhor me. For He is not a man as I am that I should answer Him, and we should come together in judgment, neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. Let Him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me. Then would I speak and not fear him; but it is not so with me. ( The Daysman) What Jon was seeing in his mind’s eye was a mediator, who would be just and righteous to resolve the cause between God and himself, which in time to come was exactly the role of Christ.
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Job’s Response to Bildad Part 2
Job continues: This is one thing, therefore, I said it; If He destroys the perfect and the wicked. If the scourge slay suddenly, He will laugh at the trial of the innocent. The earth is given into the hand of the wicked he covers the face of the judges; if not where and who is he? Now my days are swifter than a post; they flee, they see no good. They are passed away as the swift ships; as the eagle that hastes to the prey. If I say I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness and comfort myself, I am afraid of all my sorrows I know, that thou wilt not hold me innocent. If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hand ever so clean, yet shall thou plunge me in the ditch and mine own clothes shall abhor me. For He is not a man as I am that I should answer Him, and we should come together in judgment, neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. Let Him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me. Then would I speak and not fear him; but it is not so with me. ( The Daysman) What Jon was seeing in his mind’s eye was a mediator, who would be just and righteous to resolve the cause between God and himself, which in time to come was exactly the role of Christ.
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Sunday, March 12, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1255
BRAGADAYJAH 1255
Job’s response to Bildad
Then answered Job and said, “I know it is so of a truth; but how should a man be just with God? If he will contend with Him, he cannot answer Him one of a thousand. He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against him and hath prospered? Who moveth the mountain, and they know not who overturneth them in anger. Who shaketh the earth out of her place and the pillars thereof tremble. Who commandeth the sun, and it rises not and sealeth up the stars; who alone spreadeth out the heavens and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. Who maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades and the chambers of the south; who doeth great things past finding out, yea and wonders without numbers. Lo He goeth by me, and I see Him not; He passeth on also and I perceive Him not. Behold, He taketh away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him what doeth thou? If God will not withdraw His anger the proud helpers do stoop under Him. How much less shall I answer Him? And choose out my words to reason with him, whom though I were a righteous, yet would I not answer; but I would make supplication to my judge. If I had called and He had answered me yet would I not believe that He had hearkened unto my voice; for He breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. He will suffer me to take breath but filleth me with bitterness. If I speak of strength lo, He is strong and if of judgment who shall set me a time to plead? If I justify myself mine own mouth shall condemn me; if I say I am perfect it shall all prove me perverse. [ to be continued]
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Saturday, March 11, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1254
BRAGADAYJAH 1254
“While it [the reference is to the “flag” or reed mentioned earlier.] is yet in its greenness and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb; so all the paths of all that forget God, and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish, whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web. He shall lean upon his house; but it shall not stand; he shall hold it fast but; it shall not endure. He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in the garden; his roots are wrapped about the heap. And seeth the place of stones. If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him saying I have not seen thee. Behold this is the joy of his way; and out the mouth of a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers. Till he fills thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. Comment: So far we have heard Eliphaz and then Job and now Bildad. What erudition and scholarly speechifying by these men of old! From whence, one may ask came their penchant for poetic sagacity and philosophy? From whence came their great wisdom, erudition and learning? Hopefully tomorrow we will see Job’s reply.
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Friday, March 10, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1253
BRAGADAYJAH
1253
Bildad’s
First SpeechThen answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said. ”How long wilt thou speak these things? And how long will the words of thy mouth be as wind? Doth God pervert judgment? Or the Almighty pervert justice? If thy children have sinned against him and he has cast them away for their transgression, if thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty, if thou wert pure and upright, surely now He would wake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. For iniquity I pray thee of the former age, and prepare thy self to the search of thy fathers. For we are but of yesterday and know nothing because our days on earth are but a shadow. Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee and utter words out of thy heart? Can the rush grow without mire? Can the flag grow without water? [to be continued]
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Thursday, March 9, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1251
BRAGADAYJAH 1252
Job continues
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou setteth a watch over me? When I say my bed shall comfort me? My couch shall ease my complaint? Then thou scareth me with dreams, and terrify me through visions. So that my soul chooseth strangling and death, rather than my life. I loathe it; I would not live always; let me alone, for my days are vanity. What is man that thou shouldst magnify him, and that thou shouldst set thine heart upon him? And that thou shouldst visit him every morning and try him every moment. How long will thou not depart from me, not let me alone, till I swallow down my spittle? I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee? O thou preserver of men? Why has thou set me as a mark against thee? So that I am a burden to myself? And why thou hast not pardon my transgression, and take away my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning but I shall not be.
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Job continues
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou setteth a watch over me? When I say my bed shall comfort me? My couch shall ease my complaint? Then thou scareth me with dreams, and terrify me through visions. So that my soul chooseth strangling and death, rather than my life. I loathe it; I would not live always; let me alone, for my days are vanity. What is man that thou shouldst magnify him, and that thou shouldst set thine heart upon him? And that thou shouldst visit him every morning and try him every moment. How long will thou not depart from me, not let me alone, till I swallow down my spittle? I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee? O thou preserver of men? Why has thou set me as a mark against thee? So that I am a burden to myself? And why thou hast not pardon my transgression, and take away my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning but I shall not be.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1251
BRAGADAYJAH 1251
Job Continues: Explains about Suffering.
Is there not an appointed time to man upon on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hireling? As a servant earnestly desiring the shadow? And as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work, so am I made to possess months of vanity and wearisome nights appointed unto me. When I lie down I say when shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossing from night unto the dawning of the day. My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and is made loathsome. My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope. O remember that my life is wind, my eye shall no more see good. The eye of him that has seen me shall see me no more. Thine eye are upon me and I am not. As the cloud is consumed and vanish away, so he that goeth down shall come up no more; He shall return no more to his house. Neither shall his place know him anymore. Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. [ to be continued[
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Job Continues: Explains about Suffering.
Is there not an appointed time to man upon on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hireling? As a servant earnestly desiring the shadow? And as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work, so am I made to possess months of vanity and wearisome nights appointed unto me. When I lie down I say when shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossing from night unto the dawning of the day. My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and is made loathsome. My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope. O remember that my life is wind, my eye shall no more see good. The eye of him that has seen me shall see me no more. Thine eye are upon me and I am not. As the cloud is consumed and vanish away, so he that goeth down shall come up no more; He shall return no more to his house. Neither shall his place know him anymore. Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. [ to be continued[
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Tuesday, March 7, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1250
BRAGADAYJAH 1250
Job’s responds to Eliphaz
“My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the streams of brooks they pass away, which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid. What time they wax warm, they vanish when it is hot. They are consumed out of their place. The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing and perish. The troops of Tema looked; the companies of Sheba waited for them. They were confounded because they had hoped, they came thither and were ashamed; for now ye are nothing; you see my casting down and are afraid. Did I say bring unto me? Or, Give a reward to me of your substance? Or deliver me from the enemy’s hand? Or redeem me from the hand of the mighty? How forcible are right words? Teach me; and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred! But what doth your argument reprove? Do we imagine to reprove words and the speeches of one that is desperate which are as wind? Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless and ye dig a pit for your friend. Now, therefore, be content; look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. Return I pray you; let it not be iniquity; yea return again; my righteousness is in it. Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
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Job’s responds to Eliphaz
“My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the streams of brooks they pass away, which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid. What time they wax warm, they vanish when it is hot. They are consumed out of their place. The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing and perish. The troops of Tema looked; the companies of Sheba waited for them. They were confounded because they had hoped, they came thither and were ashamed; for now ye are nothing; you see my casting down and are afraid. Did I say bring unto me? Or, Give a reward to me of your substance? Or deliver me from the enemy’s hand? Or redeem me from the hand of the mighty? How forcible are right words? Teach me; and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred! But what doth your argument reprove? Do we imagine to reprove words and the speeches of one that is desperate which are as wind? Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless and ye dig a pit for your friend. Now, therefore, be content; look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. Return I pray you; let it not be iniquity; yea return again; my righteousness is in it. Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
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Monday, March 6, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1249
BRAGADAYJAH
1249
Job’s Reply to Eliphaz.
In
his reply Job said, Oh that my grief be thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid
in the balances together! For now it
would be heavier than the sand of the sea, therefore my words are swallowed up.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drink up my
spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. Doth the wild
ass bray when he has grass? Or loweth the ox over its fodder? Can that which is
unsavory be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
The things that my soul refuses to touch are as my sorrowful meat. O that I might
have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I hope for. Even
that it would please God to destroy me; that He would let loose his hand and
cut me off. Then should I yet have comfort; yea I would harden myself, in
sorrows; let him not spare for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. What
is my strength, that I should hope? And what is mine end that I should prolong
my life. In my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass? Is not
my help in me? And is wisdom driven quite from me? To him that is afflicted
pity should be shewn, from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the
Almighty. Job’s Reply to Eliphaz.
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Sunday, March 5, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1248
BRAGADAYJAH 1248
Eliphaz continues to counsel Job.
Continuing, Eliphaz asked, “What giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth water upon the fields? To set up on high those that be low, that those who moan be exalted to safety. He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as the night; but he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth and from the hand of the mighty; so the poor hath hope and the iniquity stoppeth her mouth. Behold happy is the man whose God correcteth. Therefore, despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. For He maketh sore and bindeth up; He woundeth and His hands make whole. He shall deliver thee in six troubles yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. In famine He shall redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword. Thou shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall thou be afraid of destruction when it comes. At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, neither shall thou be afraid of the beasts, of the earth; for thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace and thou shall visit thy habitation and shall not sin. Thou shalt know also that thy seed be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age; like a shock of corn cometh in its season. Lo this we have searched it, so it is, hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
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Eliphaz continues to counsel Job.
Continuing, Eliphaz asked, “What giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth water upon the fields? To set up on high those that be low, that those who moan be exalted to safety. He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as the night; but he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth and from the hand of the mighty; so the poor hath hope and the iniquity stoppeth her mouth. Behold happy is the man whose God correcteth. Therefore, despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. For He maketh sore and bindeth up; He woundeth and His hands make whole. He shall deliver thee in six troubles yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. In famine He shall redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword. Thou shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall thou be afraid of destruction when it comes. At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, neither shall thou be afraid of the beasts, of the earth; for thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace and thou shall visit thy habitation and shall not sin. Thou shalt know also that thy seed be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age; like a shock of corn cometh in its season. Lo this we have searched it, so it is, hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
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BRAGADAYJAH 1248
BRAGADAYJAH 1248
Eliphaz continues to counsel Job.
Continuing, Eliphaz asked, “What giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth water upon the fields? To set up on high those that be low, that those who moan be exalted to safety. He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as the night; but he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth and from the hand of the mighty; so the poor hath hope and the iniquity stoppeth her mouth. Behold happy is the man whose God correcteth. Therefore, despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. For He maketh sore and bindeth up; He woundeth and His hands make whole. He shall deliver thee in six troubles yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. In famine He shall redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword. Thou shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall thou be afraid of destruction when it comes. At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, neither shall thou be afraid of the beasts, of the earth; for thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace and thou shall visit thy habitation and shall not sin. Thou shalt know also that thy seed be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age; like a shock of corn cometh in its season. Lo this we have searched it, so it is, hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
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Eliphaz continues to counsel Job.
Continuing, Eliphaz asked, “What giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth water upon the fields? To set up on high those that be low, that those who moan be exalted to safety. He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as the night; but he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth and from the hand of the mighty; so the poor hath hope and the iniquity stoppeth her mouth. Behold happy is the man whose God correcteth. Therefore, despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. For He maketh sore and bindeth up; He woundeth and His hands make whole. He shall deliver thee in six troubles yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. In famine He shall redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword. Thou shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall thou be afraid of destruction when it comes. At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, neither shall thou be afraid of the beasts, of the earth; for thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace and thou shall visit thy habitation and shall not sin. Thou shalt know also that thy seed be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age; like a shock of corn cometh in its season. Lo this we have searched it, so it is, hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
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Saturday, March 4, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1247
BRAGADAYJAH 1247
Job did not reply:
Eliphaz Continued:“Call now, if there be any that will answer thee. And to which of the saints will thou turn? For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one. I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I curse his habitation. His children are far from safety; and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them; whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their substance. Affliction comes not forth out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground. Yet man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward. I will seek unto God and unto God will I commit my cause, which doeth great and unsearchable, marvelous things without number. [ to be continued
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Friday, March 3, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1246
BRAGADAYJAH
1246
Eliphaz’s Night Vision
Eliphaz revealed that a thing was secretly revealed to him in a dream. In thoughts from the vision of the night when deep sleep are upon men, fear came upon him; and trembling which made all men shake. Then a spirit passed before his face, and the hair of his flesh stood up. It stood still but he could not discern the form of it; for an image was before his face, and there was license and he heard a voice saying, “Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker? Behold he put on trust in his servants, and his angels he charged with folly. How much less in them .that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? They are destroyed from morning to evening; they perish forever without any regarding it. Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? They die even before wisdom.
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Eliphaz’s Night Vision
Eliphaz revealed that a thing was secretly revealed to him in a dream. In thoughts from the vision of the night when deep sleep are upon men, fear came upon him; and trembling which made all men shake. Then a spirit passed before his face, and the hair of his flesh stood up. It stood still but he could not discern the form of it; for an image was before his face, and there was license and he heard a voice saying, “Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker? Behold he put on trust in his servants, and his angels he charged with folly. How much less in them .that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? They are destroyed from morning to evening; they perish forever without any regarding it. Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? They die even before wisdom.
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Thursday, March 2, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1245
BRAGADAYJAH 1245
Eliphaz’s Assertion- The Innocent do not Suffer.
Having listened to Job’s lament, Eliphaz, one of Job’s three friends who had come to console him spoke and said, “If we try to commune with you, will you be grieved? [offended?]. But who can withhold himself from speaking? Behold thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Thy words have upholds him that was falling; and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. But now it has come upon thee, and thou faintest; it touches thee and thou art troubled. Is not this thy fear, thy confidence they hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? Remember I pray thee, whoever perished being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off? Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same. By the blast of God they perish; and by the breath of his nostrils they are consumed. The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the strong lion are broken. The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the stout lions whelps are sustained abroad.”
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Wednesday, March 1, 2017
BRAGADAYJAH 1244
BRAGADAYJAH
1244
Job continues to bemoan his day.
He says, had he died in the womb or at childbirth, for sure, he would not have seen his day of affliction; “He could have been at rest with kings and counsellors of the earth, who build desolate places for themselves, or with princes who had gold or fill their houses with silver, or as a hidden untimely birth such as an infant who never saw the light of day; for in such places the wicked cease from trouble and there the weary find rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor; the small and great are there and the servant is free from his master; accordingly light is given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul which long for death, but it cometh not, and dig for it more than hidden treasure. Who rejoice greatly and is glad when they cannot find the grave? Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden and whom God has hedged in? For my sighing comes before I eat and my roarings are poured out as the waters. For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come upon me. I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; but trouble came.
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Job continues to bemoan his day.
He says, had he died in the womb or at childbirth, for sure, he would not have seen his day of affliction; “He could have been at rest with kings and counsellors of the earth, who build desolate places for themselves, or with princes who had gold or fill their houses with silver, or as a hidden untimely birth such as an infant who never saw the light of day; for in such places the wicked cease from trouble and there the weary find rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor; the small and great are there and the servant is free from his master; accordingly light is given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul which long for death, but it cometh not, and dig for it more than hidden treasure. Who rejoice greatly and is glad when they cannot find the grave? Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden and whom God has hedged in? For my sighing comes before I eat and my roarings are poured out as the waters. For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come upon me. I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; but trouble came.
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