Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

Yesterday, as we finished our reading, Job was calling his friends miserable comforters.

Today he continues talking to them and he opens by saying, my spirit is broken.

I just feel for him, I've been there.

There were times when Job and Lamentations were the only books of scriptures I wanted

to read.

I felt known by Job.

In chapter 18, Bill Dad speaks again.

You probably remember Bill Dad as bad friend number two.

He's the one who told Job that he needed to repent.

So now he's doubling down, just like Elifaz did yesterday, with reminders that God punishes

the wicked.

This is a catch-22, because it not only means Job suffering was punishment for his wickedness,

but also that if he doesn't change his ways, more punishment is coming for him.

But I love Job's reply in chapter 19.

He continues to point to God's role in his troubles.

He says things like, he has walled up my way so that I cannot pass and he has set darkness

on my paths.

These sound like really hard things to say about God.

And yet, in 1925, Job says, I know that my Redeemer lives and at the last, he will stand

up on the earth.

This quote isn't just hopeful on Job's part, it's actually prophetic.

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