If I have made gold my hope or said to the fine gold, You are my confidence, establishing Job's claim that he has not made wealth into an idol, that he has not placed ultimate trust in material possessions. The making of gold into hope and confidence suggests the idolatry of wealth. The addressing of gold as if it were a deity suggests the personification of material trust. The verse establishes that Job has maintained proper spiritual priorities.

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