Robes of Righteousness

Your Master’s righteous cloak is not a bold retreat from evil’s plot. In peaceful times and in discord, You shall know that I am the Lord. In busyness or when you’re bored, in argument or in accord, in health or in a hospice ward -- You shall know that I am the Lord. Noah, a man, perfect and just, built the ark displaying his trust in full view of a mocking horde. You shall know that I am the Lord. Daniel, confident, skilled and wise, kept on praying without disguise, sentenced by a conniving board. You shall know that I am the Lord. Job, upright, blameless, God-fearing, endured his friends’ steadfast jeering, the goad to curse God, he ignored. You shall know that I am the Lord. These three, Noah, Daniel, and Job, God, deemed righteousness as their robe. Thru famine, wild beast, plague, and sword, You shall know that I am the Lord. Ezekiel 14: 12-23 The repeated phrase is used some 50 times in Ezekiel.