“Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.”
"Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated." Job's confidence is not in the outcome but in the righteousness of his cause. He has constructed his argument carefully and knows his integrity can withstand examination. This verse shows Job as litigant, fully committed to his lawsuit against either the friends' false theology or divine injustice itself.
Church Fathers on Job 13:18
If I shall be judged, I know that I shall be found just. Which too is not at variance with the person of the self-same blessed Job, since he is only telling that concerning himself without, which ‘Truth’ had inwardly declared to his enemy concerning him; Hast thou considered My servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth? And yet it is much less that the holy man records concerning himself, than what the Lord declared concerning him. For it is one thing to be…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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