Matthew Henry Commentary Job 9:1-13

"Then Job answered and said, Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God? If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand. [He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?- [Him] that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger; That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble; That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars; That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea; That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south; That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number. Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not. Behold, he seizeth [the prey], who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou? God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him." — Job 9:1-13 (ASV)

In this answer Job declared that he did not doubt the justice of God, when he denied being a hypocrite; for how should man be just with God? Before God, he pleaded guilty of sins more numerous than could be counted. If God were to contend with him in judgment, he could not justify one out of a thousand of all the thoughts, words, and actions of his life. Therefore, he deserved worse than all his present sufferings.

When Job mentions the wisdom and power of God, he forgets his complaints. We are unfit to judge God's proceedings, because we do not know what he is doing, or what he intends.

God acts with power that no creature can resist. Those who think they have strength enough to help others will not be able to help themselves against it.