d From thy mouth. Or, ſba# I hear ? to wit, with patience and with6ut a reply * Whocan endure it? e #. e. Thy ſbametuland op- { obrious reproofs of us,as if weand all thyFriends were void of all Cater and natural affeftion towards thee, and were haters and cruel Perſecuters and even devourers of thee, Chap. 19.19,22. and as if we were guilty ofmoſt hainous Crimes, and might expe& God's Vengeance upon us- . f #. & My ſoul or Mind. g Or, becauſeof (for ſo the Hebrew Mer oft ſignifies ) my underſtanding; 7. e. Out of, or becauſe of that certain knowledge which I have of this matrer from ſtudy and experience : I have not ſpoken, and I ſhall not ſpeakout of ignorance, or prejudice, or paſſion and rage againſt Job, as he aſperſeth us, but only what I evidently know, and yet hope that I can and ſhall convince thee of. h i. e. Forceth me to ſpeak. Or, anſwereth for me ; i, e. either vindicates me againſt thy Calumnies ;
or, ſuggeſteth an anſwcr to me- 4 Knoweſt thou »ot this 5 of old &, ſince man was
placeduponearth / ? | 7 7. e. This which I am now about to ſay : How canſt thou, thou I fay,who pretendeſt to ſuch an exa& anduniverſal knowledge ofmen and things, be ignorant of ſo notorious a thing which wicked men ſenſibly feel, ,and good men diligently obſerve,and all men are for- ced to acknowledge one time or other? & z. e.From the experience of all former Ages. 1 5. e. Since the World was made, and there were any men to obſerve God's Government of it; _
5 * That the triumphing of the wicked #is + ſhort »,
* Pſal. 37- { : 35, 36. and the joy of the hypocrite » but for a moment ? = 4:55 2 Heb. Is from near ; 3. e. from, or for a little time : They have From mear. ror long enjoyed it, and it will ſhortly vaniſh. » This he adds by - way of refleQion upon Job, who though he did clear himſelf from groſs wickedneſs, yer might be guilty of deep hypocriſie. * Tſa.ig. 6 * Though his excellency mount up cothe heavens
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7 Yet he ſhall periſh for ever, like his own dung ?; they which have ſeen him 9 fhall ſay, where 5s he x >
þ Which men caſt away with contempt and abhorrency.Compare I Kings 14. 10. & 2 Kings 9. 37, 9q With admiration at his felicity, r #. e. He is no where to be found ; he is utterly loſt and GONE.
8 He ſhall fly away * as a dream 5s, and (ball nor be "PL.73.20, found * : yea, he ſhall be chaſed away as a viſion of the night He
s Which forthe preſent makes a great ſhew and noiſe, and high Iy affeAs the Fancy, but hath nothing ſelid nor permanent in jr : for as ſoon as the man awakes, all vanitheth, and the rememb1 ance of it'is quickly loſt. * The man will be utrerly loſt and gone tove- ther with all his riches and glory. « Which appears to a man in the night and in his ſleep,
9 * Theeye allo which ſaw him, ſhall ſee him no + more, neither ſhall his place any more behold him x.
x 7, & It ſhall not acknowledge nor contain him. A figure cal- Proſopopeis, as Job 7. 10. Or. neither ſhall it ( 5. e. the Eye laſt men- tioned ) behold him any more in þ#u place.
Io || His children ſhall ſeek to pleaſe the poor y, and | Or, 4, his hands (hall reſtore their goods z. Poor ſhal
3 Either 1. To get ſome ſmall relief from them in their extream Preſs his
neceſliry. Orrather,2,Leſt they ſhould revenge themſelves of them ; *#'laren, for the great and many Injuries which their Father did them ; or ſeek ro the Magiſtrate for Reparations. s By the Sentence of the Judge, to whom the oppreſſed Poor will appeal, notwithſtanding all their entreaties and endeavours to diſſwade them from ſo doing, 11 His bones @ are full of the ſis of his youth 5, which (ball lie down wich him in the duſt, a 1. e. Hiswhole Body, even the ſtrongeſt parts of it, which may *Ch.13.26 ſeem moſt remote from danger. b Heb. Of his youth ; 3. e. of his Pal. god, youthful Pleaſures and Luſts,by a Meronomy of the ſubje&, And this may beunderſtood either, s. Of the fins themſelves; that he thall perſevere in his youthful Lufts even in old Age, and ſhall die with- out Repentance. Or rather, 2, Of the punithment of his ſins, of whic!. he is ſpeaking both in the foregoing and following Verſes. He ſhall feel the ſad effeQts of thoſe ſins in his riper years,as riotous linners commonly do ; and, as it follows, attended him to his Grave. Or, with his ſecret ways or ſins, as others render it.Where- by he poſſibly intimates, thar Job, though he appeared righteous before others, yet was guilty of ſome ſecret wickedneſs for which God was now reckoning with him.
12 Though wickedneſs beſweet in his mouth c,though he hide it under his rengue « ;
c 7, e. Tohis taſte ; though it greatly pleaſe him for the preſent a As an Epicure dotha ſweer Mortel, which he is loath to ſwallow, and therefore keeps and rolls it about his mouth that he may longer enjoy the pleaſure of it. Though he be highly pleaſed with 1s Luits, and cleave to themin hearty love, and reſolve to hold them faſt, and improve them to the greateſt delight and advantage.
I3 Though he ſpare ite, and forſake it not, but keep it ſtill f within his mouth f, ;
e 4. e. Will notpartwith it; or gratifie and obey it, in ſtead of u Heb - ſubduing and morrtifying it- f To ſuck out all the {weetneſs or be- '* milhf nefit of it ; though it be very delightful ro him. bis put
I4 Yer his meat in his bowels is turned'g ; 7t is the gall of aſps h within him.
g Into another nature or quality, from ſweet to bitter. h i.e.Ex- eceding bitter and pernicious. Gall is moſt bitter; the Gall of Ser- pents 1s full of Poyton, which from thence is conveyed to their mouths by Veins, as Pliny obſerves; and the poyſon of Aſps is moſt dangerous, and within a few hours kills without remedy.
i5 He hathſwallowed down riches and he ſhall vo-
mit them up again z: God ſhall caſt them out of his bel- ly &.
7 1,'e. Be forced toreſtore them with great ſhame and torment, as Gluttons ſometimes do loath, and with griefand pain caſt up that Meat which they have caten and ſwallowed down with much greedi- neſs and delight» k If no Man's hand can reach him, God {ſhall find him out, and puniſh him ſeverely. :
16 He ſhall ſuck the poylon of aſps /, the vipers tongue m ſhall ſlay him.