fend himself and if he tried, he would probably be destroyed. In His sight, Job could not even utter a word without sounding guilty. Nonetheless, Job feels that he is blameless and wants to die. God, for some reason, lets the blameless people suffer just like the wicked. If it is not God doing it, then who is it? Job's days are ending and unrealistic thinking cannot change reality. If he tried to change reality, he would still end up suffering and being treated as guilty. Anything that he might do to prove himself innocent would be of no value. He cannot approach God in a court as he would do a man. It would take some type of arbitrator to restrain God's actions against him. Only then could Job defend himself. Then, Job says to God that he hates his life. He is going to protest to Him to stop condemning him until He has shown him his sin. He asks if somehow, God gets enjoyment from attacking him while at the same time favoring the wicked. He knows that Job is innocent and that he is helpless against Him. It appears that He has evil motives toward Job. God would be eager to find even the most minuscule sin that Job might commit so that He could punish him. If that were the case, why did He let Job be born and instead continuously attack him? The next person to speak to Job is Zophar. He asks Job if it is possible that such a wordy person could be in the right. Could such an impious speech reduce others to silence so that he appears to have won the argument? Zophar wishes that God Himself would show him how wrong Job was. If he were wise, he would gratefully realize the other side of his case. He asks Job to repent and turn back to God and forsake his sins. Only then will the past be totally forgotten. Job replies by saying that what Zophar has just said, anyone can know. God destroys man's hopes and then he dies. What happens to those left behind is meaningless to man. The only thing on his mind is what is happening to himself. Job then ...
