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Prophets and Kings
“My soul chooseth ... death rather than my life.
I loathe it;
I would not live alway:
Let me alone;
For my days are vanity.”
Job 3:3
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6:2, 8-10
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Job 7:11, 15,
16
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But though weary of life, Job was not allowed to die. To him were
pointed out the possibilities of the future, and there was given him the
message of hope:
“Thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt 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 shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
And thou shalt be secure,
Because there is hope....
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.”
Job 11:15-20
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From the depths of discouragement and despondency Job rose to
the heights of implicit trust in the mercy and the saving power of God.
Triumphantly he declared:
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