Job #17 - A Cry of Despair and a Cry of Hope

The beginning of Job 19 is Job's cry of despair. When Christians are in affliction the thing they ask most urgently is "how long?". Job like all believers is the subject of reproach. There are several reasons given why God doesn't always answer as quickly as we think He should. Then later in chapter Job gives great cry of hope in his Redeemer. This is one of many references in word or type in the Old Testament to the Messiah Redeemer.