17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. …
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-22)Here we have, I. Job’s passionate complaints. On this harsh and unpleasant string he harps much, in which, though he cannot be justified, he may be excused. He complained not for nothing, as the murmuring Israelites, but had cause to complain. If we think it looks ill in him, let it be a warning to us to keep our temper better. 1. He complains of the strictness of God’s judgment and the rigour of…
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