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#18-25 Being thus honoured and useful, Job had hoped to die in
peace and honour, in a good old age. If such an expectation
arise from lively faith in the providence and promise of God, it
is well; but if from conceit of our own wisdom, and dependence
on changeable, earthly things, it is ill grounded, and turns to
sin. Every one that has the spirit of wisdom, has not the spirit
of government; but Job had both. Yet he had the tenderness of a
comforter. This he thought upon with pleasure, when he was
himself a mourner. Our Lord Jesus is a King who hates iniquity,
and upon whom the blessing of a world ready to perish comes. To
Him let us give ear.
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* Job's honour is turned into contempt. (1-14) Job a burden to
himself. (15-31)
#1-14 Job contrasts his present condition with his former honour
and authority. What little cause have men to be ambitious or
proud of that which may be so easily lost, and what little
confidence is to be put in it! We should not be cast down if we
are despised, reviled, and hated by wicked men. We should look
to Jesus, who endured the contradiction of sinners.
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#15-31 Job complains a great deal. Harbouring hard thoughts of
God was the sin which did, at this time, most easily beset Job.
When inward temptations join with outward calamities, the soul
is hurried as in a tempest, and is filled with confusion. But
woe be to those who really have God for an enemy! Compared with
the awful state of ungodly men, what are all outward, or even
inward temporal afflictions? There is something with which Job
comforts himself, yet it is but a little. He foresees that death
will be the end of all his troubles. God's wrath might bring him
to death; but his soul would be safe and happy in the world of
spirits. If none pity us, yet our God, who corrects, pities us,
even as a father pitieth his own children. And let us look more
to the things of eternity: then the believer will cease from
mourning, and joyfully praise redeeming love.
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* Job declares his uprightness. (1-8) His integrity. (9-15) Job
merciful. (16-23) Job not guilty of covetousness or idolatry.
(24-32) Job not guilty of hypocrisy and violence. (33-40)
#1-8 Job did not speak the things here recorded by way of
boasting, but in answer to the charge of hypocrisy. He
understood the spiritual nature of God's commandments, as
reaching to the thoughts and intents of the heart. It is best to
let our actions speak for us; but in some cases we owe it to
ourselves and to the cause of God, solemnly to protest our
innocence of the crimes of which we are falsely accused. The
lusts of the flesh, and the love of the world, are two fatal
rocks on which multitudes split; against these Job protests he
was always careful to stand upon his guard. And God takes more
exact notice of us than we do of ourselves; let us therefore
walk circumspectly. He carefully avoided all sinful means of
getting wealth. He dreaded all forbidden profit as much as all
forbidden pleasure. What we have in the world may be used with
comfort, or lost with comfort, if honestly gotten. Without
strict honestly and faithfulness in all our dealings, we can
have no good evidence of true godliness. Yet how many professors
are unable to abide this touchstone!