First It Giveth

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{{Infobox song

| name = First It Giveth

| cover = QOTSA-First It Giveth.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Queens of the Stone Age

| album = Songs for the Deaf

| released = August 18, 2003

| format =

| recorded = 2002

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Stoner rock|hard rock}}

| length = 3:18

| label = Interscope

| writer = *Josh Homme

• Nick Oliveri

| producer = *Josh Homme

• Eric Valentine

| prev_title = Go with the Flow

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Little Sister

| next_year = 2004

| misc =

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| type = single

| file =

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"First It Giveth" is a song by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age from their album Songs for the Deaf. It was released as a single on August 18, 2003, peaking at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart. The song is about the role drugs play in the process of making music. When asked in an interview if it is easier to make music on drugs, Josh Homme said "Well I think we have a song that about this subject called First they Giveth, then They Taketh away, and I think at first you can draw inspiration and then eventually, it negates any inspiration."{{cite web

| url = http://thefade.net/oldsite/transcripts/0208xxjosh.html

| title =Josh Homme Interview

| access-date =May 26, 2007

| date =August 2000

| publisher =Thefade.net

}}

"The Lord Gave, and the Lord Hath Taken Away" is a bible quotation found in the Book of Job (Job 1:21). It has become altered to a popular idiom generally used out of Job's context, "The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away" (2). This in turn became, "First it giveth, then it taketh away."