Job 17:10 says, But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.  Job asked why his friends were returning to him again, since he could find no wisdom in what they were saying.   He said that they should be listening to him instead of speaking foolishly against Him.  If we see someone suffering and can only speak to them in judgment, we are better off remaining quiet, or may need instead to listen to what they have to say.  Though the truth of God will never change, our understanding of God may, or we might say even should.  We are called on to grow in knowledge and truth about God.  If we approach our relationship to God feeling that we already know everything that there is to know, we are indeed fooling ourselves.  In verse eleven Job states, My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.  Job felt no hope of restoration in this life.  He felt that his usefulness was past and had no more hope in his heart.  It is impossible to say how we would feel if we were in Job's place, but we should always acknowledge that all things are possible with God, and if we remain faithful, He will never leave us without hope.  Verse twelve says, They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.  Job said he could find no rest at night, and that his suffering would soon end in his death, where there would be no light.  Verse thirteen says, If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.  Job felt that his only hope for release from his physical suffering was to make the grave his home.  He would rest, or sleep, there in darkness.  The grave, or death, is the only thing that we can be certain of for this mortal body if Christ does not return in our lifetime.   Verse fourteen says, I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.  I believe that Job was saying that he had accepted that suffering was all that was left for him in life.  Everyone else had abandoned or condemned him, so his suffering was all he had left in his life.  If we do find ourselves suffering in life, hopefully we will have better family and friends than Job did.  In verse fifteen Job asked, And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?  In this life, Job had no hope, but I believe that he still had faith in God, as evidenced by the question who would see his faith.  We know that no one can see our faith, except by our actions.  So, if we were to find ourselves in perpetual torment, who could see even evidence of our faith.  Verse sixteen says, They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.  I believe that Job was saying that his friends would come to his grave thinking that he suffered the ultimate punishment for his sins.  We must remember that his friends, and his wife, thought that material possessions and life itself was a reward for serving God faithfully, and that suffering, and even such a horrible death, were punishment from God.  They saw the grave as the end for Job, as they had no hope of his redemption due to his perceived lack of faith.