7 He spreads out the northern skies over empty space;
he suspends the earth over nothing.
8 He wraps up the waters in his clouds,
yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
9 He covers the face of the full moon,
spreading his clouds over it.
10 He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters
for a boundary between light and darkness.
11 The pillars of the heavens quake,
aghast at his rebuke.
12 By his power he churned up the sea;
by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
13 By his breath the skies became fair;
his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
14 And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
how faint the whisper we hear of him!
Who then can understand the thunder of his power?"
In the beginning of Chapter 27, Job is saying that God made him suffer, but he still trusted Him. His friends also think that the reason he is suffering is because of his sin, but Job disagrees.
1 And Job continued his discourse:
2 "As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,
the Almighty, who has made me taste bitterness of soul,
3 as long as I have life within me,
the breath of God in my nostrils,
4 my lips will not speak wickedness,
and my tongue will utter no deceit.
5 I will never admit you are in the right;
till I die, I will not deny my integrity.
6 I will maintain my righteousness and never let go of it;
my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
Wow. Job really was sure of himself. He says that he will argue this for the rest of his life. In my commentary I'm using it says that the attitude Job has right here is wrong. He should have insisted that God was right, but he continued to argue that he was right.
So the lesson to learn from this I guess is to never argue with God. God is always right, no matter if we like it or not.
Mallory Bjork
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