Job 20-31: The Words of Job Are Ended

(“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.
I would give him an account of my every step; like a prince I would approach him.)—
“if my land cries out against me and all its furrows are wet with tears,
if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
then let briers come up instead of wheat and weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended. -Job 31:35-40 NIV

Sooner or later, we all tire of defending ourselves, of defending our position, our righteousness.

You see, we have none.  We have no defense and just like Job, we have no accuser except for our own heart.  We may all cry out, 'it is not my fault', and it is only a partial truth.  It is not solely our fault that these calamities come upon us, it goes back to Eve in the garden.  That is the point at which we lost our relationship with God.  But, God did not abandon Adam and Eve.  He did not abandon Job and he has not abandoned us.  Like Job, we still bear some responsibility.  All we like sheep have gone astray.  Even Job.

God did not say that Job was perfect, only that he was blameless and upright.
Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” (Job 1:8 NIV).

Eventually we all come to the end, even those who are upright: the end of ourselves and our words.  We have no more defense, nothing more to prove.  The words are ended.