23:1–24:25 · Job’s previous speech (Job 21), where he challenged conventional wisdom, was a pause from the crescendo of his desire to stand before God. In these chapters, Job returns to the elusive courtroom.Job has earlier expressed his confidence in a vindicator (16:18–21) or kinsman-redeemer (19:23–29) to prosecute his case after his death. But Job wants none of that now (23:2–7). Perceiving no activity on God’s end, Job realizes that he must be the one to track down God. But whether Job goes east, west, north, or south, he cannot find him (23:8–12). Though God is hidden from Job, Job confidently asserts that God is nevertheless well aware of him. God knows full well that Job is guiltless despite God’s treating him as though he were not. To Job’s mind, however, God does whatever he plea…