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In this collection, Sam Storms draws upon 38 years of experience as a professor, a pastor, and an author to provide accessible and insightful commentaries, as well as general Bible reading tips. For every book of the Bible covered here, he includes detailed introductions, personal commentaries, and suggestions for further reading; for Psalms, Corinthians, and Revelations, he also includes guides...

b. Worship—vv. 20–22 To this point Job hasn’t had a chance to respond. With quick-fire rapidity, one after another, before the depth of one tragedy has time to sink in and without so much as a moment’s break to catch his breath, the bad news breaks on him. Finally, though, … 1) he tears his robe—a common ritual of mourning and grief (cf. Gen. 37:29; Joshua 7:6); 2) he shaves his head—another symbol of sorrow, later forbidden by the Mosaic law; 3) he falls prostrate to the ground—not in despair but
Job 1:20–22