Job 24: The Darkness

Job 24:12 "The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing."

Job continues to wonder what God is doing. And I like that. He doesn't claim to get what God is doing. He wants to know. He wants to comprehend it, but even in the first verse, he wants to know why an eternal God who transcends time doesn't set times or days for judging man. He sees wicked men doing all these unjust things without facing any recourse. He sees poverty in the world, injustice, and lots of horrible things, but God doesn't call anyone into account. 

Like anyone who has honestly considered God, I wonder that myself. It's THE question: "If God is so good, why is there so much evil in the world?" The answer is obvious but unacceptable. It is simple, but too complex to grasp. Evil occurs and occurs, and will for all time. That's the world.

Job realizes the life of man, however, is a temporary one. It lasts for less time than evil. Hod is just, but Job wonders why God isn't his kind of just.