Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
Job asks God to withhold only two things from him, so that he will not hide himself but may approach Him openly. The plea stands in Job 11-14, which treats the great problems of overruling providence and of sin and suffering that have perplexed humanity through all ages. There God is disciplining Job and bringing him through the fire of affliction, while his three friends charge him with sin and declare that his sufferings are because of sin. The account warns against misjudging fellow sufferers in the same way now.
Job asks God to withhold only two things from him, so that he will not hide himself but may approach Him openly. The plea stands in Job 11-14, which treats the great problems of overruling providence and of sin and suffering that have perplexed humanity through all ages. There God is disciplining Job and bringing him through the fire of affliction, while his three friends charge him with sin and declare that his sufferings are because of sin. The account warns against misjudging fellow sufferers in the same way now.