What's that they say about when the Lord giveths? 

Actually, they don't say it; Job said it.
"Naked I came from my mother's womb and naked I shall return thither. The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord."
Edit: The lesson here was that Job did not lose his faith in God and his life ends 140 years later being more prosperous than ever.
That guy would have made an excellent battered wife, fish.