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Job 3 · Grade 5

The Lament of Job

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The silence of seven days ends when Job opens his mouth and curses the day of his birth. The man who blessed Yahweh's name in chapter 1 now speaks in poetry full of anguish. Yet he does not renounce God, as Satan said he would. He curses his birthday, asking that the day perish and that the night be barren, with no joyful voice in it.

Job asks, Why didn't I die from the womb? He imagines the grave as rest: there the wicked cease from troubling, there the weary are at rest, and the small and the great are there. His questions press deeper: Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul, to those who long for death and it doesn't come? Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

In chapter 1 Satan spoke of a hedge of blessing around Job. Now Job feels that God has hedged him in. His sighing comes before he eats, and his groanings are poured out like water. The thing which I fear comes on me, he says. I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither do I have rest; but trouble comes. Job's lament is honest, and he will keep bringing his complaint to God rather than leaving Him.

Show What You Know

  1. What does Job do when the seven days of silence end?

  2. How does Job imagine the grave?

  3. How has the idea of a hedge changed from chapter 1?

  4. How does Job describe his groanings?

  5. How does Job end his lament?

Crossword

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Across

  1. I am not at ease, neither am I ____
  2. and cursed the day of his ____
  3. Let that day be ____.

Down

  1. There the ____ are at rest.
  2. There the weary are at ____.

Think About It

  1. Job's lament is honest but still addressed toward God. How can you bring your hardest feelings to God in prayer?

  2. Job could not see his way. What helps you keep trusting God when you do not understand what is happening?

Memory Verse

I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither do I have rest; but trouble comes.”

Job 3:26 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for listening when I am very sad. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why is it safe to bring your strongest emotions to God?
  • How can honest lament be a way of trusting God?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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