Lord, I don't know where this is going, or how this all works out.
Lead me to peace that is past understanding. A peace beyond all doubt.

 

The question, "Why do innocent people suffer?" is addressed in the story of Job.

CHAPTER

1  Job's Calamities
2 
3  Job Bewails His Birth
4  Eliphaz Rebukes Job
5 
6  Job Reproaches His Friends
7  Job Remonstrates with God
8  Bildad Affirms God's Justice
9  Job's Inability to Answer God
10  Job Bemoans His Condition
11  Zophar Accuses Job of Iniquity
12  Job Affirms God's Power and Wisdom
13  Job Defends His Integrity
14  Job Muses on the Brevity of Life
15  Eliphaz Reprimands Job
16  Job Complains of God's Dealings
17 
18  Bildad Describes the Fate of the Wicked
19  Job's Faith That God Will Vindicate Him
20  Zophar Depicts the Portion of the Wicked
21  Job Asserts the Prosperity of the Wicked
22  Eliphaz Accuses Job of Great Wickedness
23  Job Desires to Plead His Case before God
24  Job Complains of God's Indifference to Wickedness
25  Bildad Denies That Man Can Be Justified with God
26  Job Declares God's Sovereignty
27  Job Describes the Portion of the Wicked
28  Man's Quest for Wisdom
29  Job Recalls His Former Glory
30  Job Bewails His Present Affliction
31  Job Asserts His Integrity
32  Elihu Justifies His Right to Answer Job
33  Elihu Reproves Job
34  Elihu Justifies God
35 
36  Elihu Extols God's Greatness
37 
38  The LORD Convinces Job of Ignorance
39 
40  The Manifestations of God's Power
41 
42  Job's Confession and Acceptance
The Restoration of Job's Prosperity