Chapter 20:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Esther Psalms
Job 20
Concise Complete
Zophar speaks of the short joy of the wicked. (1-9) The
ruin of the wicked. (10-22) The portion of the wicked. (23-29)
Verses 1-9 Zophar's
discourse is upon the certain misery of the wicked. The triumph of the wicked
and the joy of the hypocrite are fleeting. The pleasures and gains of sin bring
disease and pain; they end in remorse, anguish, and ruin. Dissembled piety is
double iniquity, and the ruin that attends it will be accordingly.
Verses 10-22 The
miserable condition of the wicked man in this world is fully set forth. The
lusts of the flesh are here called the sins of his youth. His hiding it and
keeping it under his tongue, denotes concealment of his beloved lust, and
delight therein. But He who knows what is in the heart, knows what is under the
tongue, and will discover it. The love of the world, and of the wealth of it,
also is wickedness, and man sets his heart upon these. Also violence and
injustice, these sins bring God's judgments upon nations and families. Observe
the punishment of the wicked man for these things. Sin is turned into gall, than
which nothing is more bitter; it will prove to him poison; so will all unlawful
gains be. In his fulness he shall be in straits, through the anxieties of his
own mind. To be led by the sanctifying grace of God to restore what was unjustly
gotten, as Zaccheus was, is a great mercy. But to be forced to restore by the
horrors of a despairing conscience, as Judas was, has no benefit and comfort
attending it.
Verses 23-29
Zophar, having described the vexations which attend wicked practices, shows
their ruin from God's wrath. There is no fence against this, but in Christ, who
is the only Covert from the storm and tempest,
isaiah 32:2. Zophar
concludes, "This is the portion of a wicked man from God;" it is allotted him.
Never was any doctrine better explained, or worse applied, than this by Zophar,
who intended to prove Job a hypocrite. Let us receive the good explanation, and
make a better application, for warning to ourselves, to stand in awe and sin
not. One view of Jesus, directed by the Holy Spirit, and by him suitably
impressed upon our souls, will quell a thousand carnal reasonings about the
suffering of the faithful.
Chapter 20:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Esther Psalms
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