Job Suite
Michael Card

Blameless and upright, a fearer of God,

A man truly righteous, no pious façade:

One about whom God was accustomed to boast,

And so one whom Satan desired the most.


One day the accuser came breathing out lies:

It's Your holy handouts, his faithfulness buys.

In one desperate day his possessions were lost,

His children all killed in one raw holocaust.

His children all killed in one raw holocaust.


And yet through it all, through the tears and pain,

He worshiped his God Found no reason to blame.


Once more the Deceiver denounced and decried,

It's skin for skin and hide for hide!

Strike down his flesh and he'll surely deny,

And confess that his praying has all been a lie.


Very well, take him, the Holy One sighed,

“But you must spare his life; my son shall not die.”

So Job was afflicted with terrible sores,

Sat down in the ashes to wait for the Lord.

Sat down in the ashes to wait for the Lord.


And yet through it all, through the tears and pain,

He worshiped his God Found no reason to blame.


A throne of ashes,

A crown of pain,

A sovereign of sorrow,

A mournful reign…


May the day of my birth be remembered no more.

May darkness and shadow come and claim it once more.

Why did I not perish on that dreadful day,

To sleep now where kings and counselors lay?


What I dreaded most has now come upon me;

Why is light given those in misery?

I loathe my own life so my tears fall like rain,

As I find that there is no peace in my pain.


Lord, send a Comforter now to my door,

So that this terror will frighten no more:

A Counselor between us, to come bear my oath;

Someone who could lay a hand on us both.


These friends of mine are no comfort to me;

So deafly they listen, so blindly they see.

Their words and their doctrine, they all sound so true,

The problem is, Lord, they're all wrong about you!


I know my Advocate waits upon high.

My Witness in Heaven sees the tears that I cry:

A true intercessor who will condescend

To plead with God as a man pleads for his friend.


If I've been untrue, if I've robbed the poor,

If I'm without guilt, what am I suffering for?

God would not crush me for some secret sin.

And though He slay me, still I'll trust in Him!


I know now that my Redeemer's alive.

He'll stand on this earth on the day He arrives.

And though my body by then is no more,

Yet in my flesh I know I'll see the Lord.

I'll see the Lord, I'll see the Lord!


Who is it that darkens my counsel,

Who speaks empty words without knowledge?

Brace yourself up like a man,

And answer me now, if you can.


Can you put on glory and splendor?

What's the way to the home of the light?

Does your voice sound like the thunder?

Are you afraid?

Where were you when earth's foundations were laid?


Who gave the heart its wisdom,

The mind its desire to know?

Can you bind the stars? Raise your voice to the clouds?

Did you make the eagle proud?


Will the ox spend the night by your manger?

Did you let the wild donkey go free?

Can you take leviathan home as a pet?

If you merely touched him, you'd never forget.


So who is it that darkens my counsel?

Who speaks empty words without knowledge?

Brace yourself up like a man,

And answer me now, if you can.


I am unworthy, how can I reply?

There's nothing that you cannot do.

You are the storm that calmed my soul.

I place my hand over my mouth.

I place my hand over my mouth.


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Lyrics by Michael Card

  A Face That Shone   A Gift Of Life   A New And Living Way   A Violent Grace   Abba Father   Arise My Love   Asleep On Holy Ground   Be Thou My Vision   By Faith   By Your Name   Carmen Christi   Celebrate The Child   Chorus Of Faith   Close Your Eyes So You Can See   Come To The Table   Could It Be   Cross Of Glory   Crown Him   Distressing Disguise   Don't You Know   Don't You Know   Dragonslayer   El Shaddai   Face The Light   Fan The Flame   Flesh Of His Flesh   Forgiving Eyes   Fragile Stone   Freedom   Girl at the Gate [Instrumental]   God Will Provide A Lamb   God Will Provide A Lamb (Abraham)   God's Own Fool   God's Own Fool   Gods Own Fool   Hallelujah   He Was Heard   Heal Our Land (Song For The National Day Of Prayer...   Holy God We Praise Thy Name   Holy, Holy, Holy   Hound Of Heaven   I Have Decided   I Will Bring You Home   Immanuel   In Stillness And Simplicity   In The Garden   Jacob's Star   Jacob's Star   Jacobs Star   Jesus Let Us Come to Know You   Jesus Loves Me   Jesus Loves Me (This I Know)   Jesus, Lover Of My Soul   Joseph's Song   Joseph's Song   Joy In The Journey   Jubilee   Know You In The Now   Known By The Scars   Light Of The World   Live This Mystery   Livin' We Die   Livin' We Die   Love Crucified Arose   Maranatha   Meditation / Baptism   Morning Has Broken   Morning Prayer   My Shepherd   Never Will I Leave You   No Rusty Swords   Not That Kind Of King   Now That I've Held Him In My Arms   Now That I've Held Him In My Arms   Older Than The Rain   Overture Of The Trilogy   Pilgrims to the City of God   Ride On To Die   Salvation   Scandalon   Search Me And Know Me   Seventh Sunrise   Song Of Gomer   Soul Anchor   Spirit Of The Age   Starkindler   Stranger On The Shore   Sunrise Of Your Smile   Tell The World That Jesus Loves You   Tell The World That Jesus Loves You (Reprise)   That's What Faith Must Be   That's What Faith Must Be   The Beginning   The Book   The Dragon   The Edge   The Final Word   The Gentle Healer   The Greening Of Belfast   The Lamb Is A Lion   The Lamb Is Lion   The Nazarene   The Poem Of Your Life   The Promise   The Prophet   The Voice Of The Child   The Way Of Wisdom   The Wedding   The Wilderness   The Word   The Word Is So Near   Then They Will Know   They Called Him Laughter   Things We Leave Behind   This Must Be The Lamb   To The Mystery   To the Overcomers   Traitor's Look   Traitor's Look   Under The Sun   Valley Of Dry Bones   What Her Heart Remembered   What Will It Take   When Jesus Was A Boy   Why   Why?

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