By the 26th chapter of his story Job’s words reveal that he feels that God has rejected him and so have his comforters. It seems like he has lost virtually all that he ever had. The one thing in which he has confidence is the one thing to which he clings; his faith.
“For while my spirit is still in me,
and the breath of God is in my nostrils,
my lips will not speak wickedness,
and my tongue will whisper no deceit.” (27:3-4)
Job laid down everything before God. But he would not give up what he knew to be true about God; that he is righteous, just, and holy. What a desperate situation. I struggle with whether Job was overwhelmingly depressed or overflowing with hope. There is no indication that he had ever heard God speak, but every passage seems to focus on that expectation.
Stuart
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