Job responds to Bildad. It may well be true that God is just, but this, on its own, is of no benefit to us. For there is no man who can prove his innocence before God, all of us are guilty.
Then Job starts declaring the greatness of God, His awesome power. It is interesting that later on when Job finally gets to meet God, God reminds him of the same sort of things. God is infinitely greater than us. This is something all of us do well to remember, both those of use who are believers, and those who are atheists. For so often we treat God as if He is on the same level as us. This is simply not true.
So Job knows that he would stand no chance, so instead he relies on God's mercy.
In verse 20 he recognises that even if his actions were innocent, his mouth would condemn him, his mouth would express the attitudes of his heart, where sin still lurked (see the Sermon on the Mount, and what Jesus says about our thoughts).
Yet despite knowing all this Job seems to still hold God guilty (v21-24). He does not believe that God is totally good.
Job is totally weighed down by his suffering. He feels that God is treating him totally unfairly.
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