Although these chapters contain numerous textual and translation issues, it is clear that they are filled with images drawn from the concept of legal justice. Job sometimes appears as a plaintiff trying to bring God to court (9:3), but, unfortunately, with the defendant and the judge being the same person, what chance does he have of obtaining justice? At other times, Job himself is the defendant who must answer because his life depends on it (9:14). Our hero’s sense of powerlessness becomes increasingly clear, especially in light of God’s overwhelming creative power. Despite everything, Job’s language grows progressively bolder and honest. He is unsure of what to do or say because his words seem useless. He cannot win the contest. And even if he could clear his name, God would tarnish it again (9:25-31). Forgotten by his friends, Job seeks a third person, an impartial mediator (cf. 16:19; 19:25), who could establish justice between God and him, but he knows this is impossible. In despair, he begins to hate life again (9:33-35b). He laments and appeals to God’s memory, reminding Him of the good days when the Creator made him (10:9-12). Why is God now persecuting him and cornering him like a wild animal? (10:16). As in 3:11 and 7:15, he again calls on death, from which there is no return (10:18-22).