3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
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Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Job’s discourse is here somewhat broken and interrupted, and he passes suddenly from one thing to another, as is usual with men in trouble; but we may reduce what is here said to three heads:— I. The deplorable condition which poor Job was now in, which he describes, to aggravate the great unkindness of his friends to him and to justify his own complaints. Let us see what his case was. 1. He was a…
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