'If I am wicked, woe to me!Job is very well aware of his position relative to God. He knows that if he is evil, if he has done wrong, that God is rightfully condemning him. He knows that God's judgment is just beginning, if there is indeed something for him to be judged on.
And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
I am sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery.
However, even if he is innocent as he believes, I still does not presume that God owes him anything. He dares not even lift his head up from bowing, for he knows he is not worthy to do so. He is a mere supplicant, come before the greatest ruler in the universe, and he will do nothing to suggest otherwise. Whatever issues Job could have, pride is not among them. If he has not done anything to cause God to mistreat him so, yet God chooses to do it anyway, he is accepting of this fate, and will simply suffer as commanded.
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