“I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.”
I cry out to you, and you do not answer me; I stand, and you merely look at me, expressing Job's complaint about divine silence in the face of his desperate appeals, suggesting that God observes but does not respond. The crying out suggests urgent prayer that goes unanswered. The standing and merely being looked at suggests that God perceives Job but does not act to help. The verse epitomizes Job's central complaint: divine omniscience combined with indifference.
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