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Job Desires a Judicial Decision of God
v. 1. Then Job answered and said,
v. 2. Even today is my complaint bitter, full of defiance, maintaining its attitude of opposition against the admonitions of Eliphaz; my stroke is heavier than my groaning, his hand was weighing down heavily upon his groaning, he was constrained once more to break forth in moaning.
v. 3. Oh, that I knew where I might find Him! that I might come even to His seat, come before God's judgment-seat and present his plea, make his defense.
v. 4. I would order my cause before Him, stating in order the reasons for his plea, and fill my mouth with arguments, with objections, with proofs for the justice of his cause.
v. 5. I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say unto me, this knowledge enabling him to make his defense successfully.
v. 6. Will He plead against me with His great power, making use of His omnipotence to overthrow the contention of Job? No; but He would put strength in me, regard Job favorably. He feels confident that, if he could only find God and cause Him to take up his case, He would give him a hearing, not letting His omnipotent majesty stand in the way.
v. 7. There the righteous might dispute with Him, he who pleads would be shown to be a righteous man; so should I be delivered forever from my Judge, he would escape condemnation on the part of the Judge by virtue of his uprightness. With all evidences of weakness Job still clung to his trust in the Lord—a type for all those in affliction.