Wesley Corpus

Chapter XXXIV Elihu proceeding bespeaks the attention of the company, ver. 1 - 4. Charges Job with other indecent expressions, ver. 5 - 9. Shews God's justice, sovereignty, power, omniscience, ver. 10 - 25. His severity against sinners, ver. 26 - 28. His over - ruling providence, ver. 29, 30. Teaches Job what he ought to say, ver. 31, 32. Appeals to his own conscience, and concludes with reproving him for murmuring, ver. 33 - 37. Ear - The ear, is put for the mind to which things are conveyed by it. Let us - Not contend for victory, but for truth and equity. Know - Let us shew one another who hath the best cause. Said - I am so far righteous, that I have not deserved, such hard usage from God. Had taken - So Job had said, chap.27:2, he denies me that which is just and equal, to give me a fair hearing. Should I lie - So Job had said in effect, chap.27:4,5,6, should I falsely accuse myself of sins of which I am not guilty Without transgression - Without any such crying, sin, as might reasonably bring down such terrible judgments upon my head. Like water - Abundantly and greedily: who doth so break forth into scornful expressions, not only against his friends, but in some sort against God himself. Who goeth - Although I dare not say, that he is a wicked man, yet in this matter he speaks and acts like one of them. He said - Not in express terms, but by consequence; because he said that good men were no less, nay, sometimes more miserable here than the wicked. Pervert - As Job hath affirmed. Who - Who or where is his superior that made the world, and, then delivered the government of it to God God himself is the sole creator, the absolute Lord of all, and therefore cannot do unjustly: because the creator and Lord of the world must needs have all possible perfections in himself, and amongst others, perfect justice. Disposed - Or, committed, to him, to be governed by him, in the name, of his Lord, to whom he must give an account. All - The design of this and the foregoing verse is the same with that of ver.13, namely, to declare God's absolute and uncontrollable sovereignty over all men. Shall he - That is unrighteous.