231 Then Job answered, 2 “Even today my complaint is rebellious.
His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him!
That I might come even to his seat! 4 I would set my cause in order before him,
and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me,
and understand what he would tell me. 6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No, but he would listen to me. 7 There the upright might reason with him,
so I should be delivered forever from my judge.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 23:1-7
Commentary on Job 23:1-7
(Read Job 23:1-7)
Job appeals from his friends to the just judgement of God. He wants to have his cause tried quickly. Blessed be God, we may know where to find him. He is in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself; and upon a mercy-seat, waiting to be gracious. Thither the sinner may go; and there the believer may order his cause before Him, with arguments taken from his promises, his covenant, and his glory. A patient waiting for death and judgment is our wisdom and duty, and it cannot be without a holy fear and trembling. A passionate wishing for death or judgement is our sin and folly, and ill becomes us, as it did Job.