24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
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Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? …
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. …
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? …
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-24)Here Job touches briefly upon the main point now in dispute between him and his friends. They maintained that those who are righteous and good always prosper in this world, and none but the wicked are in misery and distress; he asserted, on the contrary, that it is a common thing for the wicked to prosper and the righteous to be greatly afflicted. This is the one thing, the chief thing, wherein he…
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