הַאַ֬ף שׂוֹנֵ֣א מִשְׁפָּ֣ט יַחֲב֑וֹשׁ וְאִם־צַדִּ֖יק כַּבִּ֣יר תַּרְשִֽׁיעַ׃
Mungkinkah orang yang membenci keadilan memerintah? Atau hendakkah engkau mempersalahkan Dia yang sungguh benar?
Malbim
In refuting this argument, Elihu makes the following analogy. That this is like trying to exonerate a minister of state who has treated a nobleman, one of his people’s princes (Psalms 113:8), unfairly, by saying that he did not do it in order to harm this particular nobleman but that this is the way he behaves towards everyone, wronging them all indiscriminately. For they are all like grasshoppers in his eyes (Numbers 12:33); or like his slaves and possessions, to do with as he sees fit. Is God excused for the injustice done to an individual, to a particular person (to Job himself), by saying that such injustice is ubiquitous; that it is common to all of mankind and all creation, everywhere and at all times? For He made them all like the fish of the sea, like creepy-crawlies that have no ruler (Habbakuk 1:14); handing all of creation into the hands of a cruel angel; a blind ruler with clouded eyes (Numbers 24:3), who loathes justice (Job 34:17). Is He excused by asserting that He allowed evil to multiply? For the question still remains: why did He transfer governance to this cruel ruler and why does He not govern Himself, rendering to each according to his deeds? Could it be because He is incapable of doing so, or out of jealousy, greed or evil-heartedness?