Job 9

Job responds to Bildad, acknowledging God's unmatched power over creation but lamenting his inability to contend with El Shaddai, who crushes the innocent without cause and destroys both blameless and wicked alike[1][2][3]. He despairs of self-justification, longs for a mediator or umpire to lay hands on both himself and God, and wishes for God to withdraw anger so he might speak without fear[1][2][3].