13:24 Why do you hide your face 1
and regard me as your enemy?
37:24 Therefore people fear him,
for he does not regard all the wise in heart.” 2
1 sn The anthropomorphism of “hide the face” indicates a withdrawal of favor and an outpouring of wrath (see Ps 30:7 [8]; Isa 54:8; Ps 27:9). Sometimes God “hides his face” to make himself invisible or aloof (see 34:29). In either case, if God covers his face it is because he considers Job an enemy – at least this is what Job thinks.
2 sn The phrase “wise of heart” was used in Job 9:4 in a negative sense.