God continues 'Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.' This verse continues the series of commands, now emphasizing looking on and bringing low. The expansion of the command to include both proud and wicked establishes that justice involves not merely judgment but action against multiple categories of wrongdoers. Job, lacking power and position, cannot accomplish such action. The image of treading down the wicked reinforces the violent and complete nature of the justice God describes. The series of commands reaches a kind of climax: Job is asked repeatedly to do what clearly only God can do. The rhetorical strategy is to make clear through accumulated demand that Job has not the power to do justice.

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