Todays Daily Devotion: Oh, That I Might Have My Request, That God Would Grant What I Hope For

Todays Daily Devotion: Oh, That I Might Have My Request, That God Would Grant What I Hope For

Job 6

1 Then Job replied:

2 “If only my anguish could be weighed
and all my misery be placed on the scales!

3 It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.

4 The arrows of the Almighty are in me,
my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.

5 Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?

6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow?

7 I refuse to touch it;
such food makes me ill.

8 “Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,

9 that God would be willing to crush me,
to let loose his hand and cut off my life!

10 Then I would still have this consolation— my joy in unrelenting pain that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.

11 “What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?

12 Do I have the strength of stone?
Is my flesh bronze?

13 Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?

Source: Bible gateway

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