2. rog<ther with any the moſt heavy thing to be put into the other Scale, as with the Sand,&c. as is exprefled in the next verſe - where alſo the Particle it, being of the ſingular number, ſheweth thay there was bur one thing to be weighed with the Sand.
3 For now it 4 would be heavier than the Sand
the Seae ; therefore F my words are ſwallowed up f. d i, e My grief or calamiry ; f As this Verb is uſed,Prov. 20:25: Obad. v: 16 : My Voice and Spirit faileth me. So far am I from ſ peaking too liberally of it,for which I am now accuſed that I cannor find, nor uttter words ſufficient to expreſs my ſorrow or miſery ; bur my groanings are ſuchas cannor be uttered ; asis ſaid inanother caſe, Rom. 8: 26: When I would expreſs it, the words ſtick in my throat,and I am forced, as it were to {wallow them up.
4*For the arrows g of the Almighty b oe within' me # ; the poiſon whereof & frinketh - my ſpice 1:
gainſt me.
So he fitly calls his AfiQtions,becauſe,like Arrows, they came upon him fwifrly and ſuddenly one after another,and that from on high,and they wounded him deeply and deadlily + So he calls them either generally,becauſe all afflictions come from him,or particularly
becauſe God's hand was ina ſingular mannereminent and viſible in his miſeries, Ch. 1.0r yet moreeſpecially, becauſe they were imme« diatcly ſhor by God into his Sprrit,as it follows. 5 Bclides theſe E- vils which are paſt, Chap, 1. there are other miſeries that are con- ſtaar and fixed in me, the ſharp pains of my Body, and diſinal hor-
rours of my mind. k Implying that theſe Arrows were more keen and pernicious than ordinary, as being dipped in God's wrath, 2s the barbarous Nations then and ſince uſed to dip their Arrows in
Poiſon, that they might nor only pierce, but burn up and conſume the vital parts, 7 z. e. Exhauſteth and conſumeth, either 1. my
vital Spirits, together with my Blood, the ſeat of them, and my
heart, the ſparing of them, as Poiſon uſed todo. But 1 doubt che Hebrew Word rusch, is never uſed in that ſenſe. Or, 2. my Soul, which is commonly the Spirit,my Mind and Conſcience. So he tells them, that beſides the miſeries which they ſaw, he felt others, and far greater, though inviſible torments in his Soul, which if they could ſee, they would have more pity for him. And in this ſenſe this place is, and may very well be otherwiſe rendred, whoſe Priſon my Spirit drinketh ap, i. e. my Soul ſucks in the venom of thoſe Ca- lamiries, by apprehending and applying to it ſelf the wrath of God
manifeſted and conveyed by them. m Either 1. great Terrors ; or 2«
Gods terrible Judgments ; or, rather 3. theſe terrors which God
immediately works in my Soul, eitherfrom the Senſe of his wrath
accompanying my outward troubles ; or from the ſad expettation of oenger and greater torments. 7 They are like a numerous and well-
ordered Army,under the Condu& of an irreſfiſtable General, who dee
ſigns and duets them to invade me on every ſide, | 5 Doth
T Heb: af.
{ In a mature and old, but vigorous age, as the word implies, cendeth,
f Heb: fn
oIris not my ſingle Opinion, buc my Brethren concur with me, thy ſelf.
f Heb:b;ſt.
# Either 1» my calamity, as it follows, or the cauſe or matter of»:
of ; Thatit, e which is heavier than dry Sand gs _
my grief
*Plal:48:1 Ch: 16/12,
13 * the terrours of God »: do ſet themſelves in array n a-. Pla: 88; T5,
Chap. yt,
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That is, nt - expr4s | grief
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T Chap. VI.
F Hebe P11 g'#js:
+Heb: fck- meſſes of my
mean,
5 Doth the wild afs bray + when ke hath graſs? or
loweth the Ox over his fodder o ?
os Thou wondreſt that my diſpatition and carriage is fo greatly altered from what it was, Ch.4: 3, 4, 5; but thou mayeſt cafily learn the reaſon of it from the brute Beaſts, the Alsand Ox, who when they have convenient and common Food, are quiet and contented ; but' when they want that,they will reſent it,and complain in their way by braying or lowing : See Jer: 14; 6: And therefore my Car- riageis agreeable to theſe common principles of nature, which are both in Men and Beaſts, by which their diſpoſition and deportment is generally ſuicable to their condition. Ir is no wonder that you complain not, who live in eaſe and proſperity, nor did I, when it wasſo with me ; but if you fe]t what feel,you would be as full of complaints asI am. :
6 Can that which is unſavoury be eaten withour ſale p? or is there any taſte in the white of an egg q *
p Can, or do Men uſe to eat unſavoury Meats with delight, or without complaint ? This is either 1. a refle&tion upon Eliphaz his diſcourſe as unſavoury, Which could not give him any conviction or farisf.&tion. Buthis cenſure of Elphaz his Speech begins not r1ll wv: 14 and then ir proceeds: Or, rather 2: a A Juſtification of Job's complaints(of which both the foregoing and following Verſes treat) by another Argument. Men do commonly complain of their Meat when it is but unſavoury,how much more whea it is ſo bitter as mine is ? which is implied here, and expreſſed in the next Verſe; where the Senſe here begun is compleated,and this general Propoſition is accommodated to Job's condition. q Heb. in the white of a yolk, i.e. which encompaſſeth the yolk of an ws.
7 The things that my ſoul refuſed to touch, are as |
my ſorcowful meat 7.