of the shape of God’s appearance here? First, we should note that Job anticipated this moment in his third speech when he complained that God would not listen to his arguments (“I do not believe he would hear my voice,” 9:16b), but rather would “crush me with a storm” (9:17). God now appears in a storm, but he will not crush him—just put him in his place. Indeed, already by this time he believes he has been buffeted by God’s winds: “You lift me up in the wind and make me ride it; you make me reel