Those who claimed to be friends
with Job saw him from afar,
at first did not know him
in his great misery.
Seven long days
they sat watching Job--
they saw him in his suffering;
they saw but did not believe in him.
Some saw you, Jesus, and did not believe,
even after crossing the sea to see you,
you to whom darkness is not dark.
Saul saw darkness three days,
but blindness took Saul
on the path to see
you as Lord.
with Job saw him from afar,
at first did not know him
in his great misery.
Seven long days
they sat watching Job--
they saw him in his suffering;
they saw but did not believe in him.
Some saw you, Jesus, and did not believe,
even after crossing the sea to see you,
you to whom darkness is not dark.
Saul saw darkness three days,
but blindness took Saul
on the path to see
you as Lord.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 130; 148; 32; 139
Job 2:1-13
Acts 9:1-9
John 6:27-40
Selected Verses
Ps. 139:12
…even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is as bright as the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
Job 2:12a, 13
When [Job's three friends] saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him… They sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.
Acts 9:9
For three days [Saul] was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
John 6:36
"…But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. …" [Jesus to those who crossed the Sea of Galilee to find him]
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