Satan Tests Job A Second Time
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IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD
Scriptures For The Lectionary Speaking Choir
Suggestions:
Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture reading.
5 readers -- 4 women, 1 man
Key:
1 = storyteller one
2 = God
3 = Satan
4 = Job's Wife
5 = Job
1: There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job.
That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned
away from evil.
(1:) One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves
before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present
himself before the Lord.
2: The Lord said to Satan, "Where have you come from?"
3: Satan answered the Lord, "From going to and fro on the earth,
and from walking up and down on it."
2: The Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job?
There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright
man who fears God and turns away from evil.
(2:) He still persists in his integrity, although you incited me
against him, to destroy him for no reason."
3: Then Satan answered the Lord, "Skin for skin! All that people
have they will give to save their lives. But stretch out your
hand now and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you
to your face."
2: The Lord said to Satan, "Very well, he is in your power; only
spare his life."
1: So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and inflicted
loathsome sores on Job from the sole of his foot to the crown of
his head. Job took a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and
sat among the ashes.
4: Then his wife said to him, "Do you still persist in your
integrity? Curse God, and die."
5: But he said to her, "You speak as any foolish woman would
speak. Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not
receive the bad?"
1: In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture reading.
5 readers -- 4 women, 1 man
Key:
1 = storyteller one
2 = God
3 = Satan
4 = Job's Wife
5 = Job
1: There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job.
That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned
away from evil.
(1:) One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves
before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present
himself before the Lord.
2: The Lord said to Satan, "Where have you come from?"
3: Satan answered the Lord, "From going to and fro on the earth,
and from walking up and down on it."
2: The Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job?
There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright
man who fears God and turns away from evil.
(2:) He still persists in his integrity, although you incited me
against him, to destroy him for no reason."
3: Then Satan answered the Lord, "Skin for skin! All that people
have they will give to save their lives. But stretch out your
hand now and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you
to your face."
2: The Lord said to Satan, "Very well, he is in your power; only
spare his life."
1: So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and inflicted
loathsome sores on Job from the sole of his foot to the crown of
his head. Job took a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and
sat among the ashes.
4: Then his wife said to him, "Do you still persist in your
integrity? Curse God, and die."
5: But he said to her, "You speak as any foolish woman would
speak. Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not
receive the bad?"
1: In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
