15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-17)Some make Job to complain here that God dealt unjustly and unfairly with him in proceeding to punish him without the least relenting or relaxation, though he had such incontestable evidences to produce of his innocency. I am loth to think holy Job would charge the holy God with iniquity; but his complaint is indeed bitter and peevish, and he reasons himself into a sort of patience per force , whic…
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