But when I looked for good, then evil came; and when I waited for light, then darkness came, expressing the perverse inversion of expectation—Job waited for positive outcomes and received negative ones, suggesting the cosmos operates contrary to moral expectation. The looking for good met with evil suggests that Job's anticipation was violated. The waiting for light met with darkness suggests that hope itself was inverted. The verse portrays reality as governed by a logic opposed to justice.

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