Deuteronomy 15:7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother. 8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wants.
So yes, at times and very often, God will respond in the positive to this poor man, whoever he might be, but the passage in Psalms 34, which pertains to the angel of The Lord encamping, is first and foremost a reference and a promise to persons who fear God. That being said, we must now turn our attention to three deep, theological questions which most likely would have haunted Job’s mind, when, out of the blue, Job lost almost everything that was near and dear to him.
The story begins as the curtain is drawn back from the invisible world, and we see God protecting Job and all that belonged to him, night and day, 24/7, until, when at a summit in heaven, satan raises the question of quid pro quo, as if God was bribing Job to serve Him. If that were indeed the case then it would inevitably mean that God was not as good as He claims to be, for if He has to pay persons to obey Him, then there would be some fundamental flaw in His character, and thus, He would have to bless folks into obeying Him.
That is a pretty serious charge, and therefore, God in His wisdom saw fit to use this episode with Job to answer some of those nagging theological questions which both saints, and sinners have wrestled with….Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and hated evil. 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.
Job 1:8 And the Lord said unto Satan, have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God, and hates evil?
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!