May 17, 2026 - Job 32-37

So, along comes Elihu, after the three friends have spoken to Job.  And he goes on for six chapters and angrily explains to Job that he is in the wrong and that he has much to learn.  This coming from one who, by his own admission, probably should not be talking thusly:  “I am young in years, while you are old; therefore I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know” (32:6).  Maybe he should have waited a few years before opening his mouth.  He’s about to get his comeuppance.  When Elihu is finished, the Lord will begin speaking, and he’s . . . well, he’ll probably not agree exactly with Elihu.  We’ll see.  Anyway, Job will have a hope and an assurance that Elihu will never know.

By cool Siloam’s shady rill

how sweet the lily grows!

How sweet the breath beneath the hill

of Sharon’s dewy rose!

Dependent on thy bounteous breath

we seek thy grace alone,

through every stage of life, and death,

to keep us still thine own.   -- Reginald Heber (1812)