[00:00:00] Job Suite (His Story His Lament his God his Respon (The Way Of Wisdom Album Version) - Michael Card [00:00:14] Blameless and upright a fearer of God [00:00:19] A man truly righteous no pious facade [00:00:25] One about whom God was accustomed to boast [00:00:31] And so one whom Satan desired the most [00:00:39] One day the accuser came breathing out lies [00:00:44] "It's your holy handouts his faithfulness buys" [00:00:51] In one desperate day his possessions were lost [00:00:56] His children all killed in one raw holocaust [00:01:02] His children all killed in one raw holocaust [00:01:10] And yet through it all [00:01:12] Through the tears and pain [00:01:16] He worshipped his God [00:01:18] Found no reason to blame [00:01:26] Once the Deceiver denounced and decried [00:01:32] "It's skin for skin and hide for hide [00:01:38] Strike down his flesh and he'll surely deny [00:01:44] And confess that his praying has all been a lie " [00:01:52] "Very well take him " the Holy One sighed [00:01:57] "But you must spare his life my son shall not die" [00:02:04] So Job was afflicted with terrible sores [00:02:09] Sat down in the ashes to wait for the Lord [00:02:15] Sat down in the ashes to wait for the Lord [00:02:23] And yet through it all [00:02:25] Through the tears and pain [00:02:29] He worshipped his God [00:02:32] Found no reason to blame [00:02:52] A throne of ashes [00:02:55] A crown of pain [00:02:58] A sovereign of sorrow [00:03:01] A mournful reign [00:03:09] May the day of my birth be remembered no more [00:03:14] May darkness and shadow come and claim it once more [00:03:19] Why did I not perish on that dreadful day [00:03:25] And sleep now where kings and counselors lay [00:03:34] What I dreaded most has now come upon me [00:03:40] Why is light given those in misery [00:03:45] I loathe my own life so my tears fall like rain [00:03:50] As I find that there is no peace in my pain [00:04:00] Lord send a Comforter now to my door [00:04:05] So that this terror will frighten no more [00:04:10] A Counselor between us to come hear my oath [00:04:15] Someone who could lay a hand on us both [00:04:30] These friends of mine are no comfort to me [00:04:35] So deafly they listen so blindly they see [00:04:41] Their words and their doctrine they all sound so true [00:04:46] The problem is Lord they're all wrong about You [00:04:55] I know my advocate waits upon high [00:05:00] My Witness in heaven sees the tears that I cry [00:05:06] A true intercessor who will condescend [00:05:11] To plead with God as a man pleads for his friend [00:05:26] If I've been unture if I've robbed the poor [00:05:31] If I'm without guilt what am I suffering for [00:05:37] God would not crush me for some secret sin [00:05:42] And though He slay me still I'll trust in Him [00:05:51] I know now that my Redeemer's alive [00:05:57] He'll stand on this earth on the day He arrives [00:06:02] And though my own body by then is no more [00:06:07] Yet in my flesh I know I'll see the Lord [00:06:16] I'll see the Lord I'll see the Lord [00:06:34] Who is it that darkens my counsel [00:06:40] Who speaks empty words without knowledge [00:06:46] Brace yourself up like a man [00:06:51] And answer me now if you can [00:07:00] Can you put on glory and splendor [00:07:06] What's the way to the home of the light [00:07:12] Does your voice sound like the thunder [00:07:17] Are you not afraid [00:07:20] Where were you when earth's foundations were laid [00:07:30] Who gave the heart its wisdom [00:07:35] The mind its desire to know [00:07:40] Can you bind the stars [00:07:43] Raise your voice to the clouds [00:07:46] Did you make the eagle proud [00:08:00] Will the ox spend the night in your manger [00:08:05] Did you let the wild donkey go free [00:08:11] Can you take leviathan home as a pet [00:08:16] If you merely touched him you'd never forget [00:08:26] Who is it that darkens my counsel [00:08:32] Who speaks empty words without knowledge [00:08:39] Brace yourself up like a man [00:08:45] And answer me now if you can