Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash, 13so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?

Then Job replied: 2“I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you! 3Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing?

“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust. 16My face is red with weeping, dark shadows ring my eyes; 17yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.

My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God; 21on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.

Lord God my Father,

No matter my frame of mind, you are my Lord. Protect me and encourage me in your will to rest only in your Truth. Help me to reveal your way in all I do so your hope is apparent. Keep me from acting on my own. You are my strength, hope and future.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen