Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding.
Far be it from God to do evil,
And from the Almighty to do wrong.
For He repays a person for his work,
And lets things happen in correspondence to a man’s behavior.
God certainly will not act wickedly,
And the Almighty will not pervert justice.
Who gave Him authority over the earth?
And who has placed the whole world on Him?
If He were to determine to do so,
If He were to gather His spirit and His breath to Himself,
Humanity would perish together,
And mankind would return to dust. (vv. 10-15)

We humans judge people by their actions. We trust our eyes and ears. It is easy to fool others by doing “good deeds”. We even judge God by what we see and hear. However, God judges according to the person’s knowledge. One’s actions are a reflection of what they know. God knows everything about a person. He does not judge as we judge others. We remain blind unless God gives us wisdom.

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now that you maintain, ‘We see,’ your sin remains. (John 9:41)

And that is why the Book of Job is one of the wisdom books. The Hebrew word, Emet (Truth), consists of the first, the middle, and the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Truth is Jesus Christ because He is one with God. He is the Son of God in flesh to tell us about the Father. He is wisdom of God.

… but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. (1 Corinthians 1:24)

Elihu rebukes Job for his hypocricy. Job says he is not sinless and yet, says God is unrighteous and he is righteous. Elihu rebukes Job for his unrighteousness. But that is not what Elihu is trying to teach Job. We are not competing with God over righteousness. There is vast difference between Job and God. God knows everything inside and out. Job knows only what he sees and hears. Even that knowledge is crooked because Job judges with limited knowledge and wisdom. Job thinks he is righteous based on his own judgments of himself.

God knows who are not His people. Though they may do many outwardly good deeds, their hearts are corrupt. Their “good deeds” may appear good, and God may even move their hearts to do them, but in the end, they are not credited to them—because the actions originate from God, not from a regenerated heart. True transformation—a new heart and new flesh—is the very essence of the resurrection. Through Christ’s death and resurrection, we are born again by the Holy Spirit.

The saints in the Old Testament were saved by believing in the promise of the coming Savior. This promise was declared from the very beginning.

And I will make enemies
Of you and the woman,
And of your offspring and her Descendant;
He shall bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise Him on the heel. (Genesis 3:15)

I see many injustices around me and in the world. But God will judge when the appointed time comes. We cannot say that God is unjust. Everything will unfold according to His will and perfect timing.

Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there will no longer be a delay, but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as He announced to His servants the prophets. (Revelation 10:5-7)