Though He Slay me

Here is an amazing verse from the book of Job 13:15!

"Though he slay me, I will hope in him."

As Job reflects upon his painful and dreadful situation, he maintains his
hope in God, though it appears that God is destroying his life. When I find
verses like this they seem to jump out at me and lodge themselves in my
heart. Then there is a process of mulling it over, and then the search for
the original meaning of words. This process then leads to a whole new
dynamic and discovery of truth that leads to a chain reaction of deeper and
deeper discovery of what and "how" the text means. For example, this verse
in Job, can also be translated,

"Behold, he will slay me, I have no hope."

Complete opposite! So which is it? Well, in a sense it could be both but
more likely the latter. Let me explain. The complete verse reads like this:

"Though he slay me, I will hope in him. Yet I will argue my ways to his
face."

The second part of this verse suggests to me that the first part should
read, "Behold, he will slay me, I have no hope." Then when Job says, "Yet I
will argue my ways to his face.", it makes most sense that even though he is
being slain, and there is no hope, "yet" he will still come before the Lord
and "argue" his case, with the "hope" that God will have mercy and spare
him. This would seem to follow many of the complaint Psalms where David
felt there was no way out, yet he would trust in the Lord. Well, I thought
it would be good to share this process and the richness of Scripture with
you today...even when things appear hopeless, we can remember Job, and trust
God for the rescue...argue your case, but be prepared to listen quietly,
waiting for His redemption.