Wesley Corpus

Chapter XX Zophar, after a short preface, asserts, that the prosperity, of the wicked is short, and his ruin sure, ver. 1 - 9. He describes his misery in many particulars, ver. 10 - 29. Therefore - For this thy severe sentence. Make haste - I speak sooner than I intended. And possibly interrupted Job, when he was proceeding in his discourse. The check - Thy opprobrious reproofs of us. Understanding - I speak, not from passion, but certain knowledge. This - Which I am now about to say. Since - Since the world was made. Though - Though he be advanced to great dignity and authority. Bones - His whole body, even the strongest parts of it. The sin - Of the punishment of it. Mouth - To his taste; though it greatly please him for the present. Hide - As an epicure doth a sweet morsel, which he keeps and rolls about his mouth, that he may longer enjoy the pleasure of it. Turned - From sweet to bitter. Gall of asps - Exceeding bitter and pernicious. Gall is most bitter; the gall of serpents is full of poison; and the poison of asps is most dangerous and within a few hours kills without remedy. Vomit - Be forced to restore them. God, &c. - If no man's hand can reach him, God shall find him out. See - Not enjoy that abundant satisfaction and comfort, which good men through God's blessings enjoy. Swallow - So as to hold it. He shall not possess it long, nor to any considerable purpose. Yea, he shall be forced to part with his estate to make compensations for his wrongs. So that he shall not enjoy what he had gotten, because it shall be taken from him. Belly - He shall have no peace in his mind. Desired - Any part of his desirable things, but shall forfeit and lose them all. Therefore - It being publickly known that he was totally ruined, none of his kindred shall trouble themselves about any relicks of his estate. In, &c. - In the height of prosperity he shall be distressed. Hand, &c. - So his wickedness shall be punished by those as wicked as himself.