Job 9:2-3

²אָמְנָם יָדַעְתִּי כִי־כֵן; וּמַה־יִּצְדַּק אֱנוֹשׁ עִם־אֵל׃

³אִם־יַחְפֹּץ לָרִיב עִמּוֹ; לֹא־יַעֲנֶנּוּ, אַחַת מִנִּי־אָלֶף׃

In Job 9, Job responds to Bildad with a devastating portrait of God's absolute power and human helplessness. He agrees that no one can be righteous before such a God, but the agreement is not comfort—it is despair. Job longs for an arbitrator who could stand between him and God, a m