Job 9 Study Notes
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9:15-16 Job suggested that if God should respond to his summons to court, he would have no chance of winning his case.
9:17-20 Job felt that God was mercilessly battering him. Since God is omnipotent, how could Job expect justice? His lack of eloquence would frustrate his defense.
9:21-24 Job displayed his hopelessness. He was certain of his innocence, but in his despair he imagined God to be capricious and an overbearing tyrant. Job felt Eliphaz (5:17-26) and Bildad (8:20) were wrong: God did not distinguish between the blameless and the wicked. Since there is only one sovereign God, everything must ultimately trace back to him.
9:25-26 Job’s imagery heightened his lament for his life, which was fast ebbing away (7:6-8).
9:27-29 Job accused God of prejudging his case. Job felt that God was determined to hold him guilty.
9:30-31 Job suggested Bildad’s views about repentance and self-purification were mistaken; Job felt these acts would be useless. Using lye rather than oil for cleansing indicates an extreme measure.
9:32-35 Job sensed the need for an arbitrator to adjudicate between himself and God (16:19-20; 19:25). Job had no angel or Mesopotamian personal god to aid him.