In this episode of Rick and Elaine Discuss the Book of Job, we finally arrive at the emotional summit of Job’s final discourse in chapters 29 through 31. Job looks backward at the man he once was, respected at the city gate, defender of widows and orphans, voice for the weak, and a man convinced that God’s light rested upon him. Then the contrast crashes down around him. The same man who once comforted mourners now sits in ashes while even the lowest in society mock and spit upon him. Together, we explored not only the external collapse of Job’s world, but the internal unraveling taking place inside his soul as he struggles to understand why suffering has found him despite his righteousness. One of the most powerful moments of the discussion centered on how Job’s cries mirror the language of Psalm 22 and ultimately point us toward Christ, the tru ...