Job records one of the best known examples of undeserved suffering. All of a sudden, with no warning or discernible reason, Job suffered the loss of all his material wealth (which was very great), all his children, and his health. His wife gave him no support and suggested he simply curse God and die. A circle of Jobs (so-called) friends come to help, but their logic drives them to condemn Job rather than console. They find it rather obvious that Job's hidden sin has brought this suffering from God.
Job cannot agree with them, for what he knows of no sin from which to repent. Job asks God to answer his cries and to explain this awful life he has been cursed with. The book comes to a dramatic close when God does speak to Job. God offers no explanation to Job, no clever solution to the dilemma. He simply confronts Job with the fact that he is God. And Job willingly submits to the righteousness and the wisdom of God.
