3 If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!
3 If I knew where on earth to find him, I'd go straight to him.
3 Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!
3 If only I knew where to find God, I would go to his court.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 23:3
Commentary on Job 23:1-7
(Read Job 23:1-7)
Job appeals from his friends to the just judgement of God. He wants to have his cause tried quickly. Blessed be God, we may know where to find him. He is in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself; and upon a mercy-seat, waiting to be gracious. Thither the sinner may go; and there the believer may order his cause before Him, with arguments taken from his promises, his covenant, and his glory. A patient waiting for death and judgment is our wisdom and duty, and it cannot be without a holy fear and trembling. A passionate wishing for death or judgement is our sin and folly, and ill becomes us, as it did Job.