Job 19:1-29 Study. The purpose of the book is to struggle with the question of why anyone should be devoted to God. Is God worthy of our worship apart from the material blessings He gives us? Satan posed this question by asking, “Doth Job fear God for nought?” 1:9. Job was an upright man, and even though he suffered incredible loss and was maligned by his friends, he remained faithful to God, silencing Satan’s claim that the only reason Job worshiped God was because God had lavished Job with earthly blessings. While Job struggled to understand God’s ways, he never stopped trusting in God’s power, wisdom, and compassion. Job 19:27 In spite of the bleak situation of Job as he spoke, it did not hinder his great prospects ahead. No circumstance, no matter how bad, would hinder his prospects. And Job’s circumstances were as bleak as they could be. But Job knew his heavenly prospects did not depend on earthly circumstances but rather upon Divine power.