find 3–41 slow, repetitive, and, frankly, a bit of a drag, then remember that this book performs on the reader the experience of suffering; it is exhausting, tiring, and feels like an endless painful cycle. It’s relentless. In 42:5 Job looks back and describes his journey: “My ears had heard of you, but now my eyes have seen you.” Job is on a journey from being wise to being wise at a much deeper level of his being. It is a journey of depth formation and one that moves deeply into God; of course,