Job didn't blame God. Certainly some others might have, but not Job. What the writer said about Job (Job 1:1) matched what God said (Job 1:8). Job had character; he had integrity (Job 2:3). His character was the foundation for his confession.
Our of who we are (heart, character), we speak. When you don't like what you hear coming out of your mouth, it's not a habit problem but a heart problem. Since the tongue can be wild and unruly, only character (through the power of the Holy Spirit) can restrain it. The tongue wants to say what it wants to say. When it is restrained or silenced, that's character. When the tongue in turn speaks what's right, you know that's character (Gal. 5:22-23) plus power at work.
Work on both words and character, but work on character more. To blame God would've been usual, ordinary, default behavior. For many people. Not Job.
Lengthy suffering is no excuse for lazy speaking (externally or internally).
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