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spirit drinks; The terrors of God are arrayed against me.”

That is not really blaming God. That is acknowledging that God is the
source of his suffering, but that is not blaming God. Chapter 7, verse 20

“Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why
have You set me as Your target, so that I am a burden to myself?”
Just think of this now. He is talking to God.

“Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why
are you setting me as Your target?”

He is still not blaming God, but he is getting closer. 9:13,
“God will not turn back His anger; Beneath Him crouch the helpers
of Rahab. How then can I answer Him, and choose my words before
Him? For though I were right, I could not answer; I would have to
implore the mercy of my judge. If I called and He answered me, I
could not believe that He was listening to my voice. For He bruises
me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause. He will
not allow me to get my breath.”

He is getting closer to blaming God. “He multiplies my wounds without
cause.” He has no reason to do this. Verse 24 of the same chapter,

“The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covers the faces
of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?”
If I cannot blame God, then who is doing this to me? Chapter 10: 8-10,
the same kind of thing. Look at verse 10,
“Did You not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese.”
Now that’s graphic! “And knit me together with bones and sinews.”
Chapter 13: 24 - 28, the same thing
“Why do You hide Your face and consider me Your enemy?”

This is an amazing thing. Look at his view of God. It sure has changed.
“The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the
name of the Lord.” “Though He slay me, yet shall I trust Him” .

Now he says God is my enemy. He set me up as his target. He is shooting
at me without a cause. No reason. Look at chapter 19, verse 6

“Know then that God has wronged me and has closed His net
around me.”

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