Job 23:2-9 | TNotes | STEP | 23:2 Job dropped the doubt he had expressed earlier (9:14-20 , 32 ) and here expressed confidence that he could successfully present his complaint .

23:2 ^a Job dropped the doubt he had expressed earlier (9:14-20 ^b, 32 ^c) and here expressed confidence that he could successfully present his complaint.
23:4 ^d present my arguments: Job wanted to make his case with God (13:3 ^e, 18 ^f, 22 ^g; 16:21 ^h; 31:35 ⁱ); Abraham pled directly with God regarding Sodom (Gen 18:25-32 ^j), and Moses did the same for Israel (Exod 32:12-13 ^k; Num 14:13-19 ^l).
Summary for Job 23:6-7: 23:6-7 ^m Earlier, Job had believed that God was too strong for him to summon (9:19 ⁿ), so he had requested an arbiter (9:33-34 ^o) and asked God not to terrify him (13:21 ^p). Here he expressed more hope that God would grant him a fair hearing.

• acquitted: Job did not want to be pardoned as a guilty man but to be declared innocent (13:18 ^q; see Pss 17:2-3 ^r; 26:1-3 ^s).