Bible Stories: Job (Chapter Ii)

When angels came before Yahweh, Satan too joined them again. The Lord asked him, “Whence do you come? ” And Satan told, “By roaming earth, And going on lands, back and forth.” God asked, “Did you notice my servant Job? There’s none like him upon the earth! ” “You ruined Job without a cause! ” And Satan answered Lord and said, “Man gives all things to save his life; Just touch his body, he’ll curse God.” So, God placed Job in Satan’s hands; ‘Just spare his life, ’ God warned Satan. So, Satan went from Lord’s presence, And caused Job boils from head to foot; Job took a potsherd to scrape with And sat amongst the ashes sad. His wife advised, “Curse God and die! ” Job told her not to be foolish. “When good things come, we praise the Lord.” “Why shouldn’t some evil come? ” asked Job. In all this, Job didn’t sin by word! Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar- Good friends of Job, heard the sad news, And rushed to mourn and console him! From far, they couldn’t recognize Job; They wept aloud and tore their cloaks; They sprinkled dust upon their heads; And sat with him upon the ground, For seven days and nights, speechless. They saw his grief was very great!