![]() It is well worthy of observation that in these words Job answered both the accusations of Satan and the charges of his friends. ![]() The text contains a precious jewel of grace, fitly set in the purest gold of choice speech happy is the man upon whose arm it can be worn as an ensign in the day of battle. If I were required to quote a selection of the sublimest utterances of the human mind, I should mention this among the first: “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.” Methinks I might almost say to the man who thus spoke what our Lord said to Simon Peter when he had declared him to be the Son of the Highest: “Flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee.” Such tenacious holding, such immovable confidence, such unstaggering reliance are not products of mere nature, but rare flowers of rich almighty grace. It rises, like an alpine summit, clear above all ordinary heights of speech, it pierces the clouds, and glistens in the light of God. ![]() THIS is one of the supreme sayings of Scripture. “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.”- Job xiii.
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