Job Prepares for Death
“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; Isa 38:10-14Psa 88:3-5Isa 57:16Job 17:13-14Job 19:17Job 42:16Job 6:11
the grave awaits me.
Surely mockers surround me, 1Sa 1:6-7Job 12:4Job 16:20Mat 27:39-44Job 13:9Job 21:3Psa 25:13Psa 35:14-16
and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Heb 7:22Isa 38:14Pro 11:15Gen 43:9Gen 44:32Psa 119:122Job 9:33Pro 22:26
Who else will be my guarantor?
You have closed their minds to understanding; Mat 11:25Mat 13:111Co 1:202Sa 17:14Isa 19:14Rom 11:82Ch 25:162Sa 15:31
therefore You will not exalt them.
If a man denounces his friends for a price, Psa 12:2-3Pro 20:19Pro 29:51Ki 11:12Deu 28:65Exo 20:5Job 11:20Job 32:21-22
the eyes of his children will fail.
He has made me a byword among the people, Job 30:9Psa 44:141Ki 9:7Gen 31:27Isa 5:12
a man in whose face they spit.
My eyes have grown dim with grief, Job 16:16Psa 6:7Psa 31:9-10Ecc 6:12Job 16:8Lam 5:17Psa 109:23
and my whole body is but a shadow.
The upright are appalled at this, Ecc 5:8Hab 1:13Act 13:46Job 22:19Job 34:30Psa 73:12-15Rom 11:33
and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
Yet a righteous one holds to his way, Pro 4:18Isa 1:15-16Job 22:302Co 12:9-10Pro 14:16Psa 84:7Gen 20:5Isa 40:29-31
and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
But come back and try again, all of you. Job 42:7Job 6:291Co 1:201Co 6:5Job 12:2Job 15:9Job 17:4Job 32:9
For I will not find a wise man among you.
My days have passed; my plans are broken off— Job 7:6Isa 38:10Pro 16:92Co 1:15-17Isa 8:10Jas 4:13-15Lam 3:37Ecc 9:10
even the desires of my heart.
They have turned night into day, Deu 28:67Job 24:14-16Job 7:13-14Job 7:3-4
making light seem near in the face of darkness.
If I look for Sheol as my home, Job 10:21-22Isa 57:2Job 14:14Job 17:1Job 3:13Job 30:23Lam 3:25-26Psa 139:8
if I spread out my bed in darkness,
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ Psa 16:101Co 15:421Co 15:53-54Act 13:34-37Act 2:27-31Isa 14:11Job 13:28Job 21:26
and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
where then is my hope? Job 13:15Job 19:10Job 4:6Job 6:11Job 7:6
Who can see any hope for me?
Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Job 3:17-19Jon 2:62Co 1:9Ezk 37:11Isa 38:17-18Job 18:13-14Job 33:18-28Psa 143:7
Will we go down together into the dust?”