"Whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!" Job will see God not as adversary but on his side. He will behold God as friend or advocate. Yet the verse ends with the cryptic "my heart faints within me"—the vision is so overwhelming that Job's heart fails. The affirmation is purchased at cost of complete emotional dissolution.

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