“Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.”
O that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature — let the Almighty answer me! O that I had the indictment written by my adversary! This is the climactic verse of Job's final oath of innocence: having sworn to his integrity verse by verse, Job now demands a formal hearing before the divine court. The call for the Almighty to answer him directly anticipates and precipitates the divine speeches that follow in chapters 38-41. Job's request for the adversary's written indictment expresses the same legal confidence — if the charges were spelled out, he could answer them. The verse marks the crucial transition in the book from human argument to divine response.
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