Chapter 38:
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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 38
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God calls upon Job to answer. (1-3) God questions Job.
(4-11) Concerning the light and darkness. (12-24) Concerning other mighty works.
(25-41)
Verses 1-3 Job had
silenced, but had not convinced his friends. Elihu had silenced Job, but had not
brought him to admit his guilt before God. It pleased the Lord to interpose. The
Lord, in this discourse, humbles Job, and brings him to repent of his passionate
expressions concerning God's providential dealings with him; and this he does,
by calling upon Job to compare God's being from everlasting to everlasting, with
his own time; God's knowledge of all things, with his own ignorance; and God's
almighty power, with his own weakness. Our darkening the counsels of God's
wisdom with our folly, is a great provocation to God. Humble faith and sincere
obedience see farthest and best into the will of the Lord.
Verses 4-11 For the
humbling of Job, God here shows him his ignorance, even concerning the earth and
the sea. As we cannot find fault with God's work, so we need not fear concerning
it. The works of his providence, as well as the work of creation, never can be
broken; and the work of redemption is no less firm, of which Christ himself is
both the Foundation and the Corner-stone. The church stands as firm as the
earth.
Verses 12-24 The
Lord questions Job, to convince him of his ignorance, and shame him for his
folly in prescribing to God. If we thus try ourselves, we shall soon be brought
to own that what we know is nothing in comparison with what we know not. By the
tender mercy of our God, the Day-spring from on high has visited us, to give
light to those that sit in darkness, whose hearts are
2 corinthians
government of the world is said to be in the sea; this means, that it is hid
from us. Let us make sure that the gates of heaven shall be opened to us on the
other side of death, and then we need not fear the opening of the gates of
death. It is presumptuous for us, who perceive not the breadth of the earth, to
dive into the depth of God's counsels. We should neither in the brightest noon
count upon perpetual day, nor in the darkest midnight despair of the return of
the morning; and this applies to our inward as well as to our outward condition.
What folly it is to strive against God! How much is it our interest to seek
peace with him, and to keep in his love!
Verses 25-41
Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his ignorance; now God shows
his weakness. As it is but little that he knows, he ought not to arraign the
Divine counsels; it is but little he can do, therefore he ought not to oppose
the ways of Providence. See the all-sufficiency of the Divine Providence; it has
wherewithal to satisfy the desire of every living thing. And he that takes care
of the young ravens, certainly will not be wanting to his people. This being but
one instance of the Divine compassion out of many, gives us occasion to think
how much good our God does, every day, beyond what we are aware of. Every view
we take of his infinite perfections, should remind us of his right to our love,
the evil of sinning against him, and our need of his mercy and salvation.
Chapter 38:
| Darby
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| Jamieson Faussett Brown
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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
Genesis
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Numbers
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