Category Archives: The Earthly Realm

Dry Stream Beds

Posted on March 21, 2015 by wamplerp

But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.   Of what use was the strength of their hands to me, since their vigor had gone from them?   Haggard … Continue reading →

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Roots that Reach the Water

Posted on March 20, 2015 by wamplerp

I thought, ‘I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.   My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.   My glory will not fade; … Continue reading →

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A Decree for the Rain

Posted on March 19, 2015 by wamplerp

Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?   It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds in the sky.   Destruction and Death say, “Only a rumor of it has reached our … Continue reading →

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Flood Insurance

Posted on March 16, 2015 by wamplerp

Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:   However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.   The plague will bury those … Continue reading →

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Clouds that do not Burst

Posted on March 15, 2015 by wamplerp

The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.   The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.   He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the … Continue reading →

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Drink up Evil Like Water

Posted on March 1, 2015 by wamplerp

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: “Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind? Would they argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value? But you even undermine piety and … Continue reading →

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Weathering

Posted on February 28, 2015 by wamplerp

But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place,   as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person’s hope.   You overpower them once for all, and … Continue reading →

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Let the Sea Inform You

Posted on February 25, 2015 by wamplerp

But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;   or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.   Which … Continue reading →

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Waters Gone By

Posted on February 23, 2015 by wamplerp

Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,   if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,   then, free of fault, you … Continue reading →

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Treading on the Waves of the Sea

Posted on February 19, 2015 by wamplerp

Then Job replied: “Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God? Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand. His wisdom … Continue reading →

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