⁸ “But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
    I would lay my cause before him.

Have you ever been blamed for a problem or trouble in your life? All three of Job’s friends made the mistake of assuming that Job had committed some great sin that caused his suffering. They did not know what was really happening. It is human to blame people for their troubles. Through Job’s story, we can know that blame cannot always be attached to those whom troubles have happen to them.