1143 - Job’s Final Protest of Innocence
Job’s Final Protest of Innocence “I made a covenant, with my eyes, not to look, with lust, at a young woman. For what, has God above, chosen, for us? What is our inheritance, from the Almighty, on high? Isn’t it calamity, for the wicked, and misfortune, for those, who do evil? Doesn’t He see …everything I do, and every step I take? “Have I lied to anyone, or deceived anyone? Let God weigh me, on the scales of justice, for He knows my integrity. If I have strayed from His path, ….or if my heart has lusted, for what my eyes have seen, …or if I am guilty of any other sin, …then let someone else eat the crops that I have planted. Let all that I have planted be uprooted. “If my heart has been seduced, by a woman, …or if I have lusted for my neighbor’s wife, …then let my wife serve another man; let other men sleep with her. For lust is a shameful sin, … it is a crime that should be punished. It is a fire that burns …all the way to hell. It would wipe out everything that I own. “If I have be