At the beginning of the book of Job, God points to Job as a godly man, instead of Job’s three friends; it is something that is supposed to stay in our minds as the story unfolds. Job’s three friends are not a picture of our enemies’, they are a picture of believers who misunderstand God and criticize others without relying on God’s guidance.
Elihu does not sugar-coat his understanding of God and he will say that God himself can bring and allow nightmares, pain, suffering, and even death, but he will point to the larger purpose for these things. He also reminds them that ultimately God’s ways are beyond our powers of perception.
