Job Suite (His Story, His Lament,his God,his Respon-Michael Card

[ti:Job Suite (His Story, His Lament,his God,his Respon (The Way Of Wisdom Album Version)] [ar:Michael Card] [al:The Way Of Wisdom] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Job Suite (His Story, His Lament,his God,his Respon - Michael Card [00:14.25]Blameless and upright a fearer of God [00:19.49]A man truly righteous no pious facade [00:25.77]One about whom God was accustomed to boast [00:31.39]And so one whom Satan desired the most [00:39.10]One day the accuser came breathing out lies [00:44.85]"It's your holy handouts his faithfulness buys" [00:51.06]In one desperate day his possessions were lost [00:56.77]His children all killed in one raw holocaust [01:02.99]His children all killed in one raw holocaust [01:10.65]And yet through it all [01:12.84]Through the tears and pain [01:16.49]He worshipped his God [01:18.82]Found no reason to blame [01:26.80]Once the Deceiver denounced and decried [01:32.81]"It's skin for skin and hide for hide [01:38.80]Strike down his flesh and he'll surely deny [01:44.57]And confess that his praying has all been a lie " [01:52.57]"Very well take him " the Holy One sighed [01:57.92]"But you must spare his life my son shall not die" [02:04.06]So Job was afflicted with terrible sores [02:09.91]Sat down in the ashes to wait for the Lord [02:15.84]Sat down in the ashes to wait for the Lord [02:23.66]And yet through it all [02:25.92]Through the tears and pain [02:29.50]He worshipped his God [02:32.03]Found no reason to blame [02:35.28] [02:52.13]A throne of ashes [02:55.39]A crown of pain [02:58.60]A sovereign of sorrow [03:01.87]A mournful reign [03:09.07]May the day of my birth be remembered no more [03:14.49]May darkness and shadow come and claim it once more [03:19.74]Why did I not perish on that dreadful day [03:25.13]And sleep now where kings and counselors lay [03:34.63]What I dreaded most has now come upon me [03:40.05]Why is light given those in misery [03:45.12]I loathe my own life so my tears fall like rain [03:50.39]As I find that there is no peace in my pain [04:00.10]Lord send a Comforter now to my door [04:05.13]So that this terror will frighten no more [04:10.43]A Counselor between us to come hear my oath [04:15.78]Someone who could lay a hand on us both [04:21.65] [04:30.81]These friends of mine are no comfort to me [04:35.72]So deafly they listen so blindly they see [04:41.11]Their words and their doctrine they all sound so true [04:46.43]The problem is Lord they're all wrong about You [04:55.96]I know my advocate waits upon high [05:00.88]My Witness in heaven sees the tears that I cry [05:06.43]A true intercessor who will condescend [05:11.60]To plead with God as a man pleads for his friend [05:19.26] [05:26.94]If I've been unture if I've robbed the poor [05:31.98]If I'm without guilt what am I suffering for [05:37.16]God would not crush me for some secret sin [05:42.65]And though He slay me still I'll trust in Him [05:51.97]I know now that my Redeemer's alive [05:57.01]He'll stand on this earth on the day He arrives [06:02.46]And though my own body by then is no more [06:07.76]Yet in my flesh I know I'll see the Lord [06:16.26]I'll see the Lord I'll see the Lord [06:24.92] [06:34.17]Who is it that darkens my counsel [06:40.03]Who speaks empty words without knowledge [06:46.09]Brace yourself up like a man [06:51.64]And answer me now if you can [07:00.79]Can you put on glory and splendor [07:06.03]What's the way to the home of the light [07:12.09]Does your voice sound like the thunder [07:17.62]Are you not afraid [07:20.16]Where were you when earth's foundations were laid [07:30.31]Who gave the heart its wisdom [07:35.41]The mind its desire to know [07:40.82]Can you bind the stars [07:43.17]Raise your voice to the clouds [07:46.31]Did you make the eagle proud [07:51.78] [08:00.22]Will the ox spend the night in your manger [08:05.49]Did you let the wild donkey go free [08:11.13]Can you take leviathan home as a pet [08:16.60]If you merely touched him you'd never forget [08:26.18]Who is it that darkens my counsel [08:32.85]Who speaks empty words without knowledge [08:39.13]Brace yourself up like a man [08:45.04]And answer me now if you can [08:51.26] [09:01.71]I am unworthy how can I reply [09:07.51]There's nothing that you cannot do [09:14.32]You are the storm that calmed my soul [09:21.66]I place my hand over my mouth [09:31.29]I place my hand over my mouth