Job 34:16-30

If now thou hast understanding, hear this.

Elihu’s remonstrance

I. Founded on the supremacy of God. Where there is absolute supremacy, there can be no injustice. There are some who speak of the absolute law of right as something outside the Almighty, independent of Him, and to which He is accountable. What the Supreme wills, is right, and right because He wills it.

II. On the impartiality of the Eternal. God is no respecter of persons. This is a fact proclaimed over and over again in the Bible, and which all nature and history demonstrate. The thought of God’s impartiality serves two purposes.

1. To alarm the influentially wicked.

2. To encourage the godly poor.

III. On the omniscience of the Eternal. “There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.”

1. Wicked men perform their deeds in darkness.

2. However deep the darkness, God’s eye is on them.

IV. On the power of the Eternal. What a description of power we have here. Are not these views of God sufficient to hush every murmuring thought, to subdue every rebellious will, and to bring every heart into a loving agreement with His plans? (Homilist.)