_Life. Job had intimated a fear to proceed any farther. (Calmet) --- But perceiving that he had not convinced his friends, he continues his discourse (Haydock) in still stronger terms, yet so as to acknowledge the justice of God. (Calmet) --- Speech against. Hebrew, "complaint upon, (Haydock) or res... [ Continue Reading ]
_Judgest. Hebrew, "contendest with me," as with an enemy? Is it to punish some fault, or only to make thy grace shine forth? (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Calumniate permissively, by treating me in such a manner, that others lay false crimes to my charge. Hebrew, "oppress and despise the work." --- Wicked, who are ready enough (Haydock) to assert that virtue is useless, (Calmet) and that God mindeth not human affairs. My affliction will confirm them... [ Continue Reading ]
_Seeth, judging only of the exterior. (Tirinus) (Ver. 6.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Days, sometimes denote judgments, 1 Corinthians iv. 3. Is God liable to change, like men, or does he stand in need of time to examine them, or fear lest they should escape? (Calmet) --- Is it necessary for him to prove his friends, to know their real dispositions? (Sanctius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Shouldst. Hebrew and Septuagint, "Thou knowest that....and there," &c. (Haydock) --- It would be vain for me to appeal to any other. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sudden, like a potter's vessel? Job was reduced to misery all at once. (Calmet) --- He acknowledges that God may destroy him as his creature; but that character encourages him to hope for mercy, grace, and glory. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Milked. Hebrew, "poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?" (Haydock) --- See Wisdom vii. 1. The ancients explained our origin by the comparison of milk curdled, or cheese; (Arist.[Aristotle?] i. 10.; Pliny, [Natural History?] vii. 15.) which the moderns have explained on more plausible pr... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thy fatherly visitation (Haydock) but still preserved my life. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Rememberest. Septuagint, "canst do all things." Hebrew, "this is with thee." (Haydock) --- I am convinced that thou still regardest me with affection, though it would appear as if thou hadst forgotten me. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Iniquity? Punishing me for the sins which seemed to be pardoned. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "If I sin, then thou makest me, and wilt not suffer; (Haydock) or if thou hast not pardoned my iniquity: (15) And," &c. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Woe. Thou wilt not suffer me to pass unpunished. (Calmet) --- Head. I will adore in silence, chap. ix. 15, 31. (Ven. Bede) (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Pride. If I give way to pride, thou wilt pull me down, though I were as fierce and strong as a lioness. Hebrew, "for it (affliction) increaseth. Thou huntest me." (Protestants) --- Returning. Hebrew and Septuagint, "again." (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Witnesses, afflictions; (Menochius) "wounds." (Pagnin) (Tirinus)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lament. Hebrew, "take comfort," (Haydock) or breath. (Calmet) --- Repentance is always necessary, but more particularly at the hour of death. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Death, to the grave, or to hell, (Calmet) if my sins deserve it. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Horror. At death all distinction of ranks is at an end. (Tirinus) --- Hebrew, "where the light is as darkness." (Protestants) Septuagint, "To the land of eternal darkness, where there is no sound, nor life of mortals to see." (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER X.... [ Continue Reading ]