10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
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He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? …
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; …
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-13)In these verses, I. Elihu particularly charges Job with some indecent expressions that had dropped from him, reflecting upon the justice and goodness of God in his dealings with him. He does not ground the charge upon report, but was himself an ear-witness of what he here reproves him for (Job 33:8): “ Thou hast spoken it in my hearing , and in the hearing of all this company.” He had it not at se…
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