37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
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Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. …
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. …
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 33-40)We have here Job’s protestation against three more sins, together with his general appeal to God’s bar and his petition for a hearing there, which, it is likely, was intended to conclude his discourse (and therefore we will consider it last), but that another particular sin occurred, from which he thought it requisite to acquit himself. He clears himself from the charge, I. Of dissimulation and hy…
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