Job 9:27

Job had thought about trying to forget his problems and cheer up, but considered this useless, because he would still know that God is against him. Even if he were to clean himself up, he thought that God was so against him that He would toss him into. cesspool. Trying to "look on the bright side" did not help. "If he puts on the smile of. happy face, God will condemn him for gladness. If he washes himself with the purest of water and the strongest of soap, God will dunk him in. slime pit" (McKenna p. 93). It seems Job is saying, "It is no use, no matter what. do, God will still be against me". "If. wash my body, God would make it so filthy that my clothes would refuse to cover me" (Strauss p. 92).