After reading chapter 22:
*Eliphaz speaks. He asks what benefit is a man to God, even a wise man. (Good question.) Is Job being rebuked for his piety? Or maybe it's because he was wicked, selfish, unsympathetic and ruthless. That's why terrible things are happening to him. Isn't God looking down from the vaulted heavens? Does Job think god's view is obscured by the clouds? Then Eliphaz tells Job to submit to God so he will have peace and prosperity. Then surely God will hear his prayers and Job will be so tight with God that even the guilty will be delivered when Job asks for it.
After reading chapter 23:
*Job replies, of course. He's complaining bitterly. If he could find God, he would plead his case. However, Job hasn't found God in the east, west, north or south. But he believes God still knows about Job and how Job has kept God's commands. Even so, God does whatever he pleases and has plans, which is why Job is terrified. The darkness is not going to silence Job though.
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