there is a determination about his speech as well: it is Job who will define what Yahweh’s speeches have really been about (power!, v 2), which is not at all what Yahweh was trying to convey; and his concentration in vv 4 and 5 on the mere process of the disputation rather than upon any substantive issues is no doubt to be understood as his refusal to accept the responses of Yahweh. Job’s final word “I accept consolation” (נחמתי, v 6) shows that we do not leave Job in despair or misery or self-abasement;