9Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
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By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)Long was Job’s heart hot within him; and, while he was musing, the fire burned, and the more for being stifled and suppressed. At length he spoke with his tongue, but not such a good word as David spoke after a long pause: Lord, make me to know my end , Ps. 39:3 , 4 . Seven days the prophet Ezekiel sat down astonished with the captives, and then (probably on the sabbath day) the word of the Lord c…
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