Job 10:3
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 10:3 stands in chapters 3-31, the dialogues between Job and his three friends concerning the cause and purpose of human suffering, which treat the problem of suffering and God's providence. It comes as Job's reply to Bildad while he is under affliction and his friends wrongly insist that his suffering proves he has sinned. In it Job gives anguished voice to the thought that God would oppress him, despise the work of His own hands, and favor the plans of the wicked. That anguish raises the question of how affliction relates to God's regard for a person.
From this Job argues that affliction does not prove a person has sinned. Though speaking partly from the same human wisdom and observation as his friends and unable to understand God's dealings with him, he knows his own integrity and does not charge God foolishly. God, who sees the end from the beginning, was working through Job's affliction what would forever glorify Himself. That work would bring comfort and hope to thousands of sufferers, and prove a blessing to Job himself.