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Job 23:1–24:25 Job is tired of arguing his case before his friends. In this reply, he ignores most of Eliphaz’s most recent response. Instead, he expresses his desire to stand personally before the Lord.
Job 23:2 The opening phrase of Job’s response is probably directed at his friends more than at God. Today also. Job is implying that his friends have neither comforted him well nor persuaded him of his guilt. My hand is heavy describes discouragement (compare “our hands fall helpless,” Jer. 6:24).
Job 23:3–7 The last time Job used this kind of legal language, he was convinced that God would both ignore and condemn him (see 9:3, 16, 19). Here, his convictions are just the opposite: if Job were granted an audience, God would pay attention (23:6), and Job would be acquitted (v. 7).
Job 23:13–17 Although he has carefully considered his way (vv. 10–12), Job knows his future depends on what the Lord appoints to happen (vv. 13–14; compare Prov. 16:1; 9; 20:24; Jer. 10:23). Therefore, he is terrified at the thought of God’s presence (Job 23:15–16). Still, even in the darkness of not being able to understand God’s purposes fully, he continues his lament: yet I am not silenced.
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