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Job's Friends

from Lamentation by Natalie Kendel

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(Job 2:11-13, Job 13:4-5, Job 42:7-9)

Once a man sat down in the ashes,
in the dust of all he’d lost.
Job bent low, his world in pieces.
How to make sense of it?
Where was God?

Eliphaz, and Bildad, and Zophar -
three condolers on the road,
come to bring their friend some comfort -
offer their sympathy mid the fog.

From a distance Job’s friends saw him -
hardly recognisable.
Weeping loud, they sat in ashes.
Speechless they sat for seven days long.

On the eighth their silence was broken:
said: "What secret sin have you?
Nothing happens here for no reason;
bad comes to bad men, good to good."

Friends who’d come to comfort a sufferer
added weight unto his pain.
Better they’d remained in silence,
thinking they saw the world so plain.

Worthless physicians!
Oh, that you’d be quiet.
Let silence be your wisdom;
guard your words where God is silent.

Eliphaz and Bildad and Zophar
left their friend to journey home,
but the Lord he spoke in anger,
chiding their blind advice for Job.

They were those
in need of forgiveness -
told to go return to Job,
so he’d pray for worthless physicians,
offer a sacrifice for their wrong.

Worthless physicians!
Oh, that you’d be quiet!
Let silence be your wisdom;
guard your words where God is silent.

Do we sin like Job's companions -
judging why there’s suffering?
God won’t stand misrepesentation.
Come, let us learn to be better friends.

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from Lamentation, released May 1, 2020

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Natalie Kendel England, UK

Theologian, Natalie Kendel, is a singer-songwriter, author, pastor, and theological lecturer.

Using an imaginative, narrative approach, Kendel aims to musically communicate the biblical narrative.

Kendel's music is influenced by folk, orchestral, neo-80s & various genre blends. With unique lyrics and theological depth, her music evokes a rallying listening experience. ... more

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