Reading Job 7-9 today, I see that Job doesn't see God a s a god of mercy. He sees God as a god of vengeance. It's ironic when he mentions needing somebody to mediate on our behalf; there's some messianic prophecy there. Job sees God the way the world sees God. But, God didn't do these things to Job; Satan did them.
Now, there's the age old philosophical question of why bad things happen to good people. Or, worse perhaps, why did God allow Satan to do these things?
The best answer that I can come up with is that the Father allowed His own Son to suffer on a cross, and for us. Our god is a God of suffering; God the Son chose to suffer with us, live as a human mortal, and to suffer. He suffered alongside us.
Just like us, Satan--to a large extent, I suspect--has free will (with some checks and balances). God will not stop us from doing evil. But, He does set limits.
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