The happy end BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1520. q Ps. 39. 11. & 49. 14. morning to evening: they perish | from death: and in war 2 from the for ever without any regarding it. 21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they rch. 36. 12. die, even without wisdom. Heb. 12. 5. 1 Sam. 2. 6. n 17 °Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 18 P For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. power of the sword. 21 Thou shalt be hid from the BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1520. 2 Heb.from scourge of the tongue: neither shalt the hands. thou be afraid of destruction when itt Ps. 31. 20. cometh. 8 Or, when the tongue scourgeth. L. 11.9. 22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: "neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. & 35. 9. & 65. 25. Ezek.34.25. x Ps. 91. 12. 23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the Hos. 2.18. beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not "sin. 6 Or, that be tabernacle. 5 Or, err. y Ps. 112. 2. 25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine off-Or, much. spring as the grass of the earth. 26 Thou shalt come to thy gravé in a full age, like as a shock of corn 7 cometh in in his season. b 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. z P8. 72.16. • Prov. 9.11. & 10.27. 7 Heb. ascendeth. b Ps. 111. 2. 8 Heb. for thyself. Prov. 9. 12. 5 Doth the wild ass bray 3 when he & Heb. at hath grass? 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 refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. 8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! 9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 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 off the Holy One. 19 He shall deliver thee in six 1 Cor.10.18. troubles: yea, in seven r there shall 11 What is my strength, that I no evil touch thee. should hope? and what is mine end, 20 ⚫ In famine he shall redeem thee that I should prolong my life? r Ps. 91. 10. Ps. 33. 19. & 37.19. h 16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 6 5 18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of 'Sheba waited for them. 20 They were m confounded because they had hoped; they came m Jer. 14. 3. thither, and were ashamed. Ps. 72. 10. Ezek. 27.22, 23. 7 Or, For now ye are like tothem. Heb. to it. n ch. 13. 4. 8 Heb. not. o Pa. 38. 11. • Heb. ye cause to fall upon. p Ps. 57. 6. 2 Heb. before your face. q ch. 17. 10. 21 'For now "ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. 22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. desire of death. and I am full of tossings to and fro 5 My flesh is clothed with worms 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. 3 7 Oremember 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: 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 That is, I house, 'neither shall his place know him any more. h2 Sam. 12. 23. & 20. 9. . 103. 16. Ps. 39. 1, 11 Therefore I will not refrain1 ch. 8. 18. my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will 'complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? 13 m When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: 15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. 16 "I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity. 9. & 40.9. 11 Sam. 1. 10. ch. 10. 1. ch. 9. 27. 25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is des- 17 9 What is man, that thou should-P Ps. 62.9. perate, which are as wind? est magnify him? and that thou 27 Yea, 'ye overwhelm the father-shouldest set thine heart upon him? less, and ye Pdig a pit for your friend. 18 And that thou shouldest visit 28 Now therefore be content, look him every morning, and try him upon me; for it is evident unto you every moment? if I lie. 29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my 3 That is, in righteousness is in it. 19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? 8 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. CHAPTER VIII. Bildad sheweth God's justice in dealing with 4. When I lie down, I say, When THEN answered Bildad the shall I arise, and 'the night be gone? Shuhite, and said, 2 How long wilt thou speak these Ps. 36. 6. ch, 16. 12. Lam. 3. 12. Ps. 21. 12. Job acknowledgeth BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1520. . Gen. 18. Deut. 32. 4. Rom. 3. 5. 2 Heb. in the hand of their transgression. e ch. 5. 8. & JOB, IX. God's perfections. HEN Job answered and said, things? and how long shall the words know it is so of a truth: but of thy mouth be like a strong wind? a 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? 4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away 2 for their transgression; с 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, 11. 13. & 22. and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. 23, &c. d Deut. 4. 32. & 32.7. ch. 15. 18. e Gen. 47.9. ch. 7. 6. Ps. 39. 5. &, 102. 11. & 144. 4. 3 Heb. not. f Ps. 129. 6. Jer. 17. 6. 7_Though_thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. 8 d For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: e 3 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow :) 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 green- 13 So are the paths of all that ch. 11. 20. forget God; and the how should a man be just 2 with God? 5 Which removeth the mountains, 6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. 8 Which alone spreadeth out Gen.1.6. the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. 3 Ps. 104.2, 3. 3 Ieb. 15 1Whom, though I were righ– | › ch. 10. 15. 16 He is green before the sun, and 16 If I had called, and he had an- 17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. 18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. 19 Behold, this is the joy of his Ps. 113. 7. way, and out of the earth shall 6 Heb. take others grow. 20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he "help the ungodly by the hand. the evil doers: 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. 19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? 20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. 21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. 22 This is one thing, therefore I said it," He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. 24 The earth is given into the m ch. 2. 3. & 34. 6. n Eccles. 9. 27 If I say, I will forget my q Hab. 1. 8. complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: r ch. 7. 13. Ps. 119. 120. t Ex. 20.7. ■ Jer. 2. 22. 4 Or, make me to be abhorred. 10. 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; 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall *abhor me. 32 For he is not a man, as I am, Eccles. 6. that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. 33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. Is. 45. 9. Jer. 49. 19. Rom. 9. 20. y ver. 19. 1 Sam.2.25. 5 Heb. one that should argue. 6 Or, umpire. z ch. 13. 20, 21,22.& 33.7. Ps. 39. 10. 7 Heb. but I am not so with myself. a1 Kings 19.4. ch. 7. 16. Jonah 4.3,8. 5 34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: 35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. CHAPTER X. 1 Job, taking liberty of complaint, expostulateth with God about his afflictions. 18 He complaineth of life, and craveth a little ease before death. 8 Ya soul is weary of my life; MI will leave my complaint upon 8 Or, cut off myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. while I live. b ch.7.11. 9 Heb. the labour of 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest that thou shouldoppress, est despise the work of thine hands, 9 thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the THEN answered Zophar the • PB. 23. 4. 4 Heb. a man of lips. devices. 3 Should thy lies make men hold or their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? 4 For thou hast said, My doctrine ch. 6. 10. is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. 5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know & 10.7. 16 Because thou shalt n forget thy Heb. shall misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: arise above the noon day. Ps. 37.6. & 112. 4. 17 And thine age ""shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine Is. 58.8, 10. forth, thou shalt be as the morning. 18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt Prov. 3.24. dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. 7 Heb. intreat thy face, Ps. 45. 12. 19 Also thou shalt lie down, and P Lev.26.16. none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. Deut. 28.65. 8 Heb. flight shall perish from them. 8 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the givOr, a pu ing up of the ghost. q ch. 8. 14. & 18. 14. Prov. 11. 7. of breath. a ch. 18. 2. 2 Heb. CHAPTER XII. 9 ple, and wisdom shall die with you. 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to 3 Heb. Ifall you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? an heart. not lower than you. 4 Heb. with whom are not such as these! b ch. 16. 10. & 17.2, 6. & 21.3. & 80.1. © PB. 91. 15. Prov.14.2. 4 4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. 16 ° With him is strength and wis-over. 13. dom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and Pmaketh the judges fools. 18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. 19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. 20 He removeth away 'the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. 22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. 23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them he enlargeth the 24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and " causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. 25 They grope in the dark with-Deut. 28. out light, and he maketh them to 2 stagger like a drunken man. CHAPTER XIII. 1 Job reproveth his friends of partiality. 14 He professeth his confidence in God: 20 and intreateth to know his own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting him. 2 Heb. wander. y Ps.107.27. |