Text: Psalms 119:50
OT Text Referred to: Job 6:10
Subject: Theological paradox (B)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Psalm 119:50 declares "This is my comfort (נֶחָמָה, nechamah) in my affliction, that Your word has given me life" — finding consolation in God's promises during suffering. Job 6:10 expresses a similar sentiment from a starkly different position: "Then I would still have my consolation (נֶחָמָה, nechamah)... that I have not denied the words of the Holy One." Both texts use the same Hebrew term for "comfort/consolation" and ground their hope in God's word during acute suffering. The contrast is instructive: the psalmist's comfort comes through Torah meditation, while Job's consolation is the integrity of having not denied God's words — two distinct but complementary modes of clinging to divine speech in affliction.
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Text: Job 6:10
OT Text Referred to: Psalms 119:50
Subject: Comfort in affliction through God's word
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both Job 6:10 and Psalm 119:50 articulate the theme of נֶחָמָה (nechamah, "comfort/consolation") found specifically in the midst of suffering through clinging to God's words. Job declares that his comfort—even his joy through unrelenting pain—comes from not having denied the words of the Holy One (אִמְרֵי קָדוֹשׁ, imrey qadosh). The psalmist echoes this exact pattern: "This is my comfort (נֶחָמָתִי, nechamati) in affliction, that Your promise has given me life." Both texts locate the source of endurance not in the removal of suffering but in the sufferer's relationship to divine speech—God's words sustain even when circumstances do not change. The connection demonstrates that within Israel's theological tradition, God's revealed word served as the primary resource for sustaining faith under trial.