In Whose Hand Is the Soul of Every Living Thing (Job 12:9-10)

2023-05-18

Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. (Job 12:9-10)

In Job’s lament and defense of his situation, the eastern patriarch says this. He recognizes God’s supremacy over the human condition. Everyone is in His hands. Only by the hand of the Lord do we continue in this fragile existence. Because of this, we go to Him, because there is no greater power who has control over the course of this life.