down. Resolving issues in life is often incomplete if we only resolve issues between us and God; we also have to make sure that relationships with other people are restored. And there’s nothing like praying for someone to make sure your attitude to the person is in order. Thus there turns out to be a link between Job’s willingness to pray for his friends and the restoration of Job’s own life, which only follows on the prayer. It is in keeping with this idea that Jesus says that we will be forgiven