Job 16 - 19

In 16-17 Job responds, and never indicts the Lord, but is bitter at the lack of grace and pity from his “friends”

In 18 Bildad is not just accusing Job of sin, but is now declaring him to be wickedness itself

In chapter 19 Job responds, asking why his persecutors feel it is so important to grind him into dust, rather than just showing him pity. Job again demonstrates that he knows more of God than all others…

As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.
Even after my skin is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I shall see God; 
Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another.
My heart faints within me!
Job 19:25-27