Job 9:17

"If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice."

Key Reflection

This verse highlights the complexity of faith; even if God answers our prayers, we might still doubt His responsiveness or goodness. It underscores a common human struggle where divine intervention does not immediately quell skepticism and deepen one's trust.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

For he breaketh me -He is overwhelming me with a tempest; that is, with the storms of wrath. He shows me no mercy. The idea seems to be, that God acted toward him not as a judge determining matters by rule of law, but as a sovereign - determining them by his own will. If it were a matter of law; if he could come before him as a judge, and maintain his cause there; if the case could be fairly adjudicated whether he deserved the calamities that came upon him, he would be willing to enter into such a trial.

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