Charles Spurgeon Commentary Job 23:4

"I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments." — Job 23:4 (ASV)

I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

He felt that he dared plead before God. He was not guilty of the things laid to his charge; so he would be bold to speak even before God's judgment seat. If Job had known a little more of God, as he did before his life ended, he might not have talked so glibly about ordering his cause before him, and filling his mouth with arguments.

We remember how he afterwards spoke to the Lord: I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. Who among us would desire to come and argue our case with God without our heavenly Advocate?