she herself may be exasperated that God has not kept her pious husband in the favored condition that he deserves. Unlike the three friends, she does not counsel him to repent. In her eyes, Job is innocent. She likely believes that death is better than the suffering he is now enduring. He can end it all by cursing God, who would then, presumably, kill him. Job, however, will have none of this kind of talk. He accuses her of being a fool. Minimally, this charge entails the belief that she does not