Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. He is supposed to be the mildest of Job's accusers, and in his first speech he claims to have had a revelation from God. He may have been mild, but in Job's position the slightest mention of blame or wrong-doing will unleash a thousand volts of resentment and bitterness. The contradiction is a universal truth.
Advice is always easier to give than to take.
I discussed the matter of pain and sleepless nights with a good friend of mine, John Hall, who was, and is, a wheelchair case. Get back in the shallow water, sonny, the crabs will get you. Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.