In this chapter, I. Job reflects upon the harsh censures which his friends had passed upon him, and looking upon himself as a dying man , he appeals to God, and begs of him speedily to appear for him, and right him, because they had wronged him, and he knew not how to right himself, Job 17:2–7.

Job’s discourse is here somewhat broken and interrupted, and he passes suddenly from one thing to another, as is usual with men in trouble; but we may reduce what is here said to three heads:— I.

Job’s friends had pretended to comfort him with the hopes of his return to a prosperous estate again; now he here shows, I. That it was their folly to talk so : ” Return, and come now, be convinced that you are in an error, and let me persuade you to be of my mind; for I cannot find one wise man…