Job 35:1-37:24

Elihu throws it down today...
I started reading this and again it sounded like Job's 'friends'.
But then I slowed down to try to catch whether this was a different sort of argument.
Elihu seems to reminding Job, pointing out to him what he already knows about God.
Almost as if he is saying, "Look, quit asking where God is in all this, instead hold on to the fact that you know God rescues the afflicted. Instead of focusing on your problem focus on what you know about God."

It's almost like Elihu is the herald, giving a little taste of what God is about to say when He shows up.

Consider the fact that the second half of chapter 36 and most of chapter 37 almost seem to be describing a literal storm that they can see approaching them as they talk:

36:30 See how He scatters His lightning about Him,
bathing the depths of the sea.

36:32 He fills His hands with lightning
and commands it to strike its mark.
36:33 His thunder announces the coming storm
even the cattle make known its approach.

37:2 Listen, listen to the roar of His voice
to the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
37:3 He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole heaven
and sends it to the ends of the earth.
37:4 After that comes the sound of His roar;
He thunders with His majestic voice.
When His voice resounds
He holds nothing back.
37:5 God's voice thunders in marvelous ways;
He does great things beyond our understanding

All of this followed by a seemingly simple sentence at the start of chapter 38:
Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm.

Elihu bothers me, if I am being honest, when he says things like:
Be assured that my words are not false;
one perfect in knowledge is with you

But he seems to be speaking correctly.
So is he arrogant? Don't think so or God would probably have had words for him.
Confident? certainly
Angelic perhaps? Who knows...

In any case his words announce the arrival of the Lord...who shows up tomorrow.