8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
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Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-12)Here, I. Job complains that he cannot understand the meaning of God’s providences concerning him, but is quite at a loss about them ( Job 23:8 , 9 ): I go forward, but he is not there , etc. Eliphaz had bid him acquaint himself with God. “So I would, with all my heart,” says Job, “If I knew how to get acquainted with him.” He had himself a great desire to appear before God, and get a hearing of hi…
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