Job contrasts his former life with his current situation. People whose fathers he would not have even put with his dogs are now mocking him, looking down at him.
I think this next part is so sad. Job is crying out to God.
"I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me. You have become cruel to me; With the might of Your hand You persecute me. You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride; and You dissolve me in a storm."
Job is so confused, and suffering so much. He does not know why things are so bad. He asks God why? why? WHY? Wasn't I good to the poor? Didn't I help the needy? I expected good, but instead evil came. Oh Lord, I am truly mourning . . mourning without comfort. I am desolate, confused, and weeping.
Job then starts to ask God, what did I do wrong? Was it this? Or was it that? He begins to list off various possible sins, and lists a fair punishment for each one. Lusting after another woman, not helping the poor and needy, being proud of his wealth, putting his trust in money, gloating in an enemy's misfortune. In all of these cases, he is willing to take the fair punishment for each sin. For example, if he has lusted after another women, then "maybe my wife grind another man's grain, and may other men sleep with her." He is willing to take the proper punishment as long as God uses honest scales.
After all this, Job continues to maintain his integrity.
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