14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which Hab. 3, 16. made all my bones to shake. I Ps. 119, 120. L. Rom. 11, 83. 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: 16 It stood still, but I could "not discern the form thereof an image was before mine eyes, there was Rev. 8, 15. silence, and I heard a voice, saying, yllab. 2, 20. 2 ch. 14, 1. a Luke 18, 14. D Pr. 10, $1. e ch. 15, 15. d Psal. 103, 20. 21. e 2 Pet. 2, 4 f Gen. 2, 7. g Luke 22, 20. a Pa. 49, 7. H:. 12, 1. t Gez. 30, 1. Jer. 1. 2. a 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker? b c Job justifieth his complaint. 19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in Before seven there shall no evil touch thee. CHRIST cir. 1520. z Ps. 24. 19 a 1 Cor. 10, b Pt. 4 12 20 Infamine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the is tongue neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. c Ps. 34, 1. d 22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: Jam 1,2 neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. e 23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field and the beasts of the field shall be at e Ps. 8,7 peace with thee. 24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle (Ese 4, shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.. 25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be g Ps. 128,2 great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth 26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, bs2.65,34 18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants;||like as a shock of corn cometh in his season. and his angels he charged with folly: 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but eP. 37, 36. denly I cursed his habitation. { Pal 119, 155. sud4 His children are far from safety, and they are g Psal. 109, crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. 12. 13. n Ps. 14, 2. 1 To set up on high those that be low; that o Isa 33, 16. those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so q P. 76, 5. that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 14 They meet with darkness in the day-time, 14 & 59, 10. and grope in the noon-day as in the night. 15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from 1 Bam 2 their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor hath hope, and "iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea therefore my words are swallowed up. c Ex. 6, 2. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, d Deut. $2, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the ter- 23. rors of God do set themselves in array against me. e Lam 3,5 5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath 'grass? Ps. 104.14 or loweth the ox over his fodder? 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? 7 The things that my soul" refuseth to touch are as my sorrowful meat. 10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and Rom. 1, 18 what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? 13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven p Isa. 6, 12 quite from me? 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God cor-of 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he Hosea 6, 1. Woundeth, and his hands make whole. S 14. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies Gea. 25, Sheba waited for them. t 20 They were confounded because they had Jer. 14, 8 hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. 21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. u 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? 27 Yea, yed overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig your friend. Jer. 18, 20. a pit for 28 Now therefore be content; look upon me; for e Isa. 63, 8 it is evident unto you if I lie. f ch. 17, :0. 29' Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my h n Heb. 5,12 taste discern perverse things? D Isa. 58, 5. CHAPTER VII. Job excuseth his desire of death. a ch. 14,14. S there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling? 2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and 1 Cor. 15, as a hireling looketh for the reward of his work: 3 So am I made to possess & months of vanity, and chap. 29,2. wearisome nights are appointed to me. 58. d Ps. 39, 5. 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and Deut. 28, the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. (Ps. 88, 4. g Isa. 14, 11. ch. 17,4. 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, Isa. 38, 12. and are spent without hope. ¡Psal. 90, 6. Ps. 103, 15. i 7 0 remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: a thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. r 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a Lan. 3, 7. watch over me? t Ps. 41, S. 13 When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; u Deut. 28, $4. + Heb. tones, Pr. 14, 30. 14 Then thou "scarest me with dreams, and ter rifiest me through visions: 6 If thou wert pure and upright, surely now he & Isa. 1, 5 would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. 7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. 8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: because our days upon earth are a shadow :) 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? 11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? 12. Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. 15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death THEN Job answered and said, rather than my life. X 16 I loathe it; I would not live always: * let me I P. 39, 15. alone; for my days are vanity. y Ps. 8, 4. z Ps. 88, 16. P 6. 39, 10, b Ps.2,3,4 ¡Heb. take axay, or, ift up, Isa. 53, 4, 9. John 1,23. 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thy heart upon him? 18 And that thou shouldest visit him." every morning, and try him every moment? b 19 a How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou Preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? 21 And why dost thou not † pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. p Rom. 3, 19. ¡ Cor. 4, 4. q Phil. 3, 8, Gen. 22,1. chap. 2, 3. Mat. 20, 15. 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I P not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. Before Job complaineth of his afflictions 5' Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years CHRIST as man's days, 6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? cir. 1520 f Acts 15 16. 2 Pets, 2 g Jer 50 2 h Ps 25, 4 2 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thy hand. 8 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me 2 together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. 1 John 10, 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made 29. me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust & Rom. 9, again? 21. 10 Hast thou not 'poured me out as milk, and Acts 17,21 curdled me like cheese? 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, m 2 Cor. 5 and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. 12 Thou hast granted me "life and favour, and Mat 6,25 17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and mul-thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. tiplieth my wounds without cause. r 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but SLAm. 3,18. filleth me with bitterness. Heb. 12, 11. 11 Cor. 1, 25. u Pr. 27. 2.. x Gen. 19, 21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know Pils, 8, 9. my soul: I would despise my life. 19. 22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He dey Ecel. 9,1, Stroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh Ezek. 21,3. at the trial of the innocent. 2. Isaiah 57, 1. z l's. 37, 1. a Dan. 7, 27. 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? 25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they b b John 7, 7. flee away, they see no good. 31. 26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as 1 Cor. 7 the eagle that hasteth to the prey. d Lam. 3, 19. e Psal. 119, 120. f 1 Pet. 2, 20. g Ps. 26, 6. b verse 20. Nam. 23, 19. *1 John 2,1. d 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 29 If I be wicked, why then labour I ' in vain? 30 If I wash myself with snow-water, and make my hands never so clean; h 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. i 13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: • Ps. 22, 10 I know that this is with thee. 14 If I sin, then thou P markest me, and thou wilt p Ps 159,1 not acquit me from mine iniquity. 15 If I be wicked, wo unto me; and if I be a Isa 3, 10 righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction ; r Ex. 8, 7, 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a s Is 27, 8 fierce lion and again thou shewest thyself marvel- tch. 42, 10 lous upon me. 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? Acts 17, answer him, and we should come together in judg-and should a man full of talk be justified? 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee bcb. 10,13 ashamed? ment. 33 Neither is there any days-man betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. 34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let 1 Ps. 90, 11. not his fear terrify me. 35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. Y CHAPTER X. Job expostulateth with God about his afflictions. a My soul is weary of my life: I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the P. 32, 8, bitterness of my soul. 4,5. 2 Pr. 17, 15. b C 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Rom. 8, 34. shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, P. 158, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? Eph. 2, 10 e 1 Sam. 16, 9. 4 Hast thou * eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man Rev. 1, 14. Seeth? Before and reproveth his friends of partiality. 20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, CHRIST and taketh away the understanding of the aged. 21 He poureth" contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. cir. 1520. 1 2 9am. 15, 87. u 22 x Eccl. 7 22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, Acts 12 and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. 23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth 24. them he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them y G, again. 1 Cor. 2, 3 & 11, 12 z 24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the Rom.1,21 people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. 25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. CHAPTER XIII. Job reproveth his friends of partiality. a a Gen. 19, 2 Kings 6 18. a 5. 2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am 32 Cor. 1 not inferior unto you. b 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I b Gen. 20, 5 desire to reason with God. 4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. c Zech. 11, 17. Gal. 6, 1. 5 Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace; 1 Tim. 1, 7. and it should be your wisdom. d 6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. f d Prov. 17, 28 c James 1, 19. Rom. 5, 9. 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk chap. 8, 3 deceitfully for him? 8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? John 15, 9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him? 10 He will surely 'reprove you, if ye do secretly Ge accept persons. 11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? k i ca. 42, 7 k ch. 9 34 1 Prov. 10 12 Your remembrances are like unto 'ashes, your." bodies to bodies of clay. 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will. 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and. put my life " in my hand? m Prov. 28 1. n 1 Pet. 4 19. 36. 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: o Rom. 8, but I will maintain mine own ways before him.. 16 He also shall be my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not come before him. p Mat. 25, 51. Heb. 9, 27. (Isa. 57, 2. 6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall Rev. 14, 13. accomplish, as a hireling, his day. g Eccl. 1, 4, 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, Tsa. 26, 19. and the stock thereof "die in the ground; 1 Cor. 15, 56. 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man ch. 19,29. giveth up the ghost, and where is he? Eccl. 1, 11. k Deut. 31, 16. 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the 12 Pet. 3, heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 10. Rev. 11, 1. 13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, m Ps. 91, 1. that thou wouldest keep me "secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! Eliphaz reproveth Job, & 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. e 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not J yea, thine own lips testify against thee. Art thou the 'first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost Rom. !! thou restrain wisdom to thyself? h h ch 42,2 9 What knowest thou that we know not? what i ch. 13, 2 understandest thou, which is not in us? 10 With us are both the gray-headed and very k1Cor 8, aged men, much elder than thy father. 11 Are the 'consolations of God small with thee? 12 Cor. 1,8 is there any secret thing with thee? m Heb 12 5 m 1 King 12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and 22, 24. what do thine eyes wink at, 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest" such words go out of thy mouth? n ch. 7,28 & 9, 50. & o Prov. 14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he 13, 26 which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?" 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water? 17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen,I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told 'from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and stranger passed among them. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where z Gen. 4,12 is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready P. 55,7 at his hand. b 24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. 25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. 26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers : 109, 10 27 Because he covereth his face with his "fatness, d Ps. 17, 10 and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. 28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in ech. 5, 14 houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. 29 He shall not be 'rich, neither shall his substance fiTim. & continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. 30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his g 2 Thes mouth shall he go away. |