The "question of Job" has always been fascinating to me, because it symbolizes, for me at least, the essence of "the subjective versus the objective". Although God's answer to Job is in many ways one of the more cryptic, and seemingly dismissive, set of statements attributed to God, it touches on a very important set of points.
Being made in God's image as we are, sometimes we forget we are not the center of THE universe, just the center of OUR universe. It seems God must frequently remind us of the distinction between the two.
Having been given just the barest glimpse into the incredible vastness, power and dazzling glory of God (one way to put it: God is the instantaneous yet eternal explosion of infinite possibilities embodied) it is ever more clear to me how great the folly of our own vanity can be.
Thus, even a man as good and loyal to God as Job can still make the mistake of getting lost in himself. God's wakeup calls may not always be pleasant, but they always work as intended.