Matthew Henry Commentary Job 23:1-7

"Then Job answered and said, Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning. Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat! I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me. Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me. There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge." — Job 23:1-7 (ASV)

Job appeals from his friends to the just judgment of God. He wants to have his cause tried quickly. Blessed be God, we may know where to find Him. He is in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself; and upon a mercy seat, waiting to be gracious. There the sinner may go; and there the believer may order his cause before Him, with arguments taken from His promises, His covenant, and His glory.

A patient waiting for death and judgment is our wisdom and duty, and it cannot be without a holy fear and trembling. A passionate wishing for death or judgment is our sin and folly, and is unbecoming to us, as it was to Job.