Song of Job

Lyrics

[Intro] Hear now the tale of Job A righteous man who had a lovin' wife And ten sons and seven daughters His fields were always ripe with wheat and corn He had ten thousand camels and five thousand sheep And three thousand head of oxen At sunrise you would find him on his knees Singing, "Yahweh Jehova" One day in the Court of Heaven All the Heavenly hosts were gathered there In the presence of the Lord And Satan was there among them [Verse 1] Satan went to God, and God said, "Satan, where you been?" Satan said, "I been on earth among men" Well, God said, "You must have seen my faithful servant, Job You must have seen his worth And how he's evil's foe" Job is evil's foe, yes, he is [Verse 2] Satan said, "Well, yes God, Job is your man But if You struck him, God, well, what would he do then? He'd turn his back on You and curse Your name right to Your face" God said, "Alright, Bub Go and test his faith Go and try Job's faith" [Verse 3] "O my God, O my God," cried poor Job "I have lost everything I owned I lost my cattle, I lost my land You took my children, too I'm losin' my mind and the love of my wife But I keep my faith in You I still have faith in You" [Interlude] [Verse 4] "O my God, O my God, can't you hear Job"? He's singin', "This world can no more be my home My so-called friends speak biting words Telling me what to do My health is gone, I cannot rest But I keep my faith in You I still have faith in You" [Interlude] And Job's friends, they called to one another "Brothers, Righteous Job has fallen Come, let us go and give him what we can" [Instrumental Break] [Interlude] Long, long they journeyed until they found Job In the ashes of his burned-out farm And they sat down with him for seven days and nights in silence For they saw that he had suffered greatly But at last they could hold back no longer And with accusing fingers pointed at him said They said, "Oh, Job, what evil have you done to bring God's wrath upon you"? And at this time, down the road comes Elihu Who took one look and thought he had the whole scene covered, yah! [Verse 5] That young man lectured Job until Job's poor heart near broke And from the whirlin' wind God Himself spoke Sayin', "Who are these who claim to know my workings and all my ways? Job has proved his faith and shall live joyous days" Yes, Job lived joyful days, oh, yes, he did