Now a word was brought to me stealthily; my ear received the whisper of it.
Amid thoughts from visions of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
dread came upon me, and trembling,
which made all my bones shake.
A spirit glided past my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.
It stood still,
but I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes;
there was silence, then I heard a voice:
‘Can mortal man be in the right before God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?
Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error;
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like the moth.
Between morning and evening they are beaten to pieces;
they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them,
do they not die,
and that without wisdom?’
“Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?” (Job 4:12-5:1, ESV)

 
The writer identifies the speaking spirit only by the physical response the spirit elicits and the words the spirit speaks. The one who accused Job to God (1.9-11) now accuses God to Job. The mouthpiece is Job’s companion, Eliphaz. Eliphaz doesn’t think he is doing Satan’s work. He begins his speech with God (4.6); he ends his speech with God (5.8ff). In the middle, however, are lies from the evil one.

This passage frightens me more than any other passage of Scripture outside of Matthew 25. So clever is the adversary, so effective his simple deceits that he can wedge into the very core of truth his own wicked lies. He causes the unwise to regurgitate the hellish mixture without knowledge of what they have done.
I wish to keep my mouth shut, my lips firmly pressed together lest I also spew the cocktail of hell. This is not an option. My only hope, therefore, is to fill the well of my soul with truth and to keep it full.

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things. (Proverbs 15:28, ESV)

So be it Lord.