He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: “A lightning storm struck from heaven. It burned up the sheep and the servants and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

That messenger was still speaking when yet another came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, made a raid on the camels, and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house.

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him, to destroy him without just cause.”

His wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

I cannot relax or be still;
I have no rest, for trouble comes.

It would still bring me comfort,
and I would leap for joy in unrelenting pain
that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

Reconsider; don’t be unjust.
Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue.

While still uncut shoots,
they would dry up quicker than any other plant.

I would still live in terror of all my pains.
I know You will not acquit me.

Even if He kills me, I will hope in Him.
I will still defend my ways before Him.

Their children are established while they are still alive,
and their descendants, before their eyes.

The wicked displace boundary markers.
They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.

as long as my breath is still in me
and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,

when the Almighty was still with me
and my children were around me,

Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you,
for there is still more to be said on God’s behalf.

He charges ahead with trembling rage;
he cannot stand still at the trumpet’s sound.