Crying out to God

² “If only my anguish could be weighed
    and all my misery be placed on the scales!
³ It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas—
    no wonder my words have been impetuous.
⁴ The arrows of the Almighty are in me,
    my spirit drinks in their poison;
    God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
⁵ Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass,
    or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
⁶ Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
    or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow^[a]?
⁷ I refuse to touch it;
    such food makes me ill.

⁸ “Oh, that I might have my request,
    that God would grant what I hope for,
⁹ that God would be willing to crush me,
    to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
¹⁰ Then I would still have this consolation—
    my joy in unrelenting pain—
    that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.

¹¹ “What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
    What prospects, that I should be patient?
¹² Do I have the strength of stone?
    Is my flesh bronze?
¹³ Do I have any power to help myself,
    now that success has been driven from me?

He is in such suffering, so much suffering that he hopes for God to kill him. In all these, he still can recognize that it is God who gives and takes away. It is not people, him to take their own life. Life is precious. So how much do we recognize that. Life is precious before God.  We should treat all like as such. Even animals. i like very much that Job says:

Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?

This came from a man who had success. We are all in a world where we are finding success, but even the man who have great success recognize that success is not everything. God hold s the key to everything. everything. Becuase God hold the key to life. And everything is pointless without it. Thats it. Thats all.