“Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.”
You have turned cruel to me; with the strength of your hand you persecute me, attributing divine cruelty to God directly, suggesting that God actively persecutes Job rather than merely permitting persecution. The turning to cruelty suggests a deliberate change in divine stance toward Job. The persecution by God's strength emphasizes that Job suffers divine aggression. The verse represents the apex of Job's accusation: God himself is Job's persecutor.
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