As we examine this chapter, several things emerge that call for some comment. Certain things happen that cause Job to express certain diffuclt feelings. What particular circumstances exasperate Job's circumstances. First, time has passed by. A week has transpired since the great confession of Job to his wife in chapter 2.
Time can often change our perspective on things.
Many Christians have themselves upheld at the moment of crisis, proving God's power to respond with grace and equanimity, only to find that as days and weeks pass by things change. What appeared so utterly right then, appears less so now. Second, Job's friends have arrived. They had said nothing so far, in contrast to what is to come. In some ways, this is in their favor.