15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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;
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-21)What Job had said of man’s utter inability to contend with God he here applies to himself, and in effect despairs of gaining his favour, which (some think) arises from the hard thoughts he had of God, as one who, having set himself against him, right or wrong, would be too hard for him. I rather think it arises from the sense he had of the imperfection of his own righteousness, and the dark and cl…
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