31Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
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I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: …
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 31-37)In these verses, I. Elihu instructs Job what he should say under his affliction, Job 34:31 , 32 . Having reproved him for his peevish passionate words, he here puts better words into his mouth. When we reprove for what is amiss we must direct to what is good, that our reproofs may be the reproofs of instruction , Prov. 6:23. He does not impose it upon Job to use these words, but recommends it to h…
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