God will accomplish toward Job what God has appointed, and many such things are with God, establishing that Job's suffering flows from divine appointment while remaining mysterious in its purpose. The completion of what God has appointed suggests a predetermined course that moves inexorably toward conclusion, implying that Job's suffering has meaning within a divine design beyond Job's current comprehension. The assertion that many such things—many such designs, many such sufferings—exist in God's purposes suggests that Job's trial, while particular to Job's experience, participates in a larger pattern of divine activity in the world. This vision of appointment without understanding characterizes Job's deepest theological problem: how to maintain faith when appointment becomes indistinguishable from injustice.

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