A Conceptual and Therapeutic Analysis of Fear by Sergio Starkstein

Author:Sergio Starkstein
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

5.9 The Fears of Job

The main emotions depicted in the Book of Job are fear and terror.25 There are many different interpretations of this text, but it is generally accepted that the Biblical story addresses the question of why the righteous suffer, and centres around Job, a pious man whose fear of God leads him to constantly worry about sins his family may commit. In the eyes of God Job is a man of full integrity and honesty, but the Accuser (Satan) objects that Job’s piety is no more than egotistic behaviour aimed at obtaining God’s protection. Should God cease to protect him, Job’s piety would immediately vanish. God allows the Accuser to put Job to trial, a process which is carried out mercilessly. After the killing of his family and the loss of his wealth, his “worst fears have happened”, and Job falls in a state of terror and despair (Job 6.2):

If ever my grief were measured

or my sorrow put on a scale,

it would outweigh the sands of the ocean…

…For God has ringed me with terrors,

and his arrows have pierced my heart.

…all hope has been driven away.

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