Psalm 1
The blessings of the righteous contrasted with the judgment of the wicked.
1–3 The way of the righteous
4–6 The way of the wicked
- What do the righteous do? What don’t they do?
- What are the differences between trees and chaff? What points are being made?
Job 42
Job and his friends repent and God restores Job’s health and wealth.
- What did Job learn (v. 2)?
- What did Job need to repent of?
- What was the basic point of Job’s friends? Why did they need to repent?
Job 41
God illustrates His infinite power through Leviathan.
- What is God’s point in verses 1–11?
- As you read God’s description of Leviathan, is His point the animal’s greatness compared to Job? What is God’s point?
- One last time—has God answered or condemned Job? What has God emphasized and established in chapters 38–41? How should this control Job’s response to his afflictions? What application can you make?
Job 40
Job repents of his demanding posture and God declares and describes His sovereign power.
- How has Job’s attitude changed from 31:37?
- Earlier (chapters 21, 24) Job complained that God seemed to just let the wicked go. In verses 8–14 who must Job trust?
- God illustrates His power (v. 9) by a powerful creature (vv. 15ff).
- Has God either answered Job’s questions or condemned him? What is God establishing?
Job 39
God directs Job to creation, demonstrating that there are things Job cannot understand
- As you read of these aspects of creation, who is the one who lovingly, powerfully, and sovereignly cares for them?
- Getting to the end of this chapter, has God answered Job’s questions or condemned him?
Job 38
God speaks to Job of His greatness and power.
- If you talk about something you don’t understand, you don’t shed light on the subject (v. 2).
- Can Job answer any of these questions? What is God establishing by asking them?
- Did God answer Job’s questions yet? Did God condemn Job as his friends did?
Job 37
Elihu says God sovereignly controls everything and man is unable to fully know God’s ways.
- What is under God’s control (vv. 1–13)?
- What is Elihu saying in verse 18? In verse 19?
- In verse 23 Elihu says that God always does what is right.
Job 36
Elihu says God’s ways are right and unexplainable because of His greatness. Man should not question God but praise Him.
- What does Elihu think about himself and his beliefs (v. 4)?
- How does God deal with man according to Elihu (v. 6)?
- What is Elihu getting at in verses 23–24?
Job 35
Elihu reproves Job for thinking that it doesn’t matter how one lives.
- Why does God not answer prayer according to Elihu (vv. 12–14)?
- What is Elihu getting at in verse 16?
Job 34
Elihu says that God does no wrong.
- Are verses 14–15 true? Why?
- How do verses 21–22 support Elisha’s point that God is not unjust?
Job 33
Elihu says that God speaks and chastise men so they will repent of sin and praise Him.
- Elihu assesses Job’s words and finds him faulty (vv. 8–12).
- In verses 13–22 Elihu says that God speaks to and chastens men to turn them from sin.
- In verses 23–28 Elihu says that when men are brought to their senses they will repent and praise God.
- As you read verses 29–33, is Elihu right? Does God discipline men to save them? Is he right in his application of this to Job?
Job 32
Elihu is introduced, explaining his silence and expressing his eagerness to speak.
- Why hasn’t Elihu spoken? Is that good?
- How does Elihu feel (vv. 15–22)?
