Is there not — Job is here excusing what he cannot justify, his passionate longing for death. A time — Is there not a time limited by God, wherein man shall live in this sinful, and miserable world? And is it a crime in me, to desire that God would bring me to that joyful period? Our time on earth i... [ Continue Reading ]
Shadow — That is, the sun — set, the time allotted for his rest.... [ Continue Reading ]
So — This so respects not so much the desire of an hired servant, as the ground of it, his hard toil and service. Possess — God, hath given me this as my lot and inheritance. Months — So he calls them rather than days, to note the tediousness of his affliction. Vanity — Empty and unsatisfying. Night... [ Continue Reading ]
Worms — Which were bred out of Job's corrupted flesh and sores. Dust — The dust of the earth upon which he lay. Broken — By ulcers in all parts of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Swifter — The time of my life hastens to a period. Shuttle — Which passes in a moment from one end of the web to the other. Hope — Of enjoying any good day here.... [ Continue Reading ]
O — He turns his speech to God. Perhaps observing, that his friends grew weary of hearing it. If men will not hear us, God will: if men cannot help us, he can: for his arm is not shortened, neither is his ear heavy.... [ Continue Reading ]
No more — In this mortal state: I shall never return to this life again. Am not — If thou cast one angry look upon me, I am not; thou canst look me into eternity.... [ Continue Reading ]
No more — Never until the general resurrection. When we see a cloud which looked great, as if it would eclipse the sun, of a sudden dispersed and disappearing, say, Just such a thing is the life of man, a vapour that appears for a while and then vanisheth away.... [ Continue Reading ]
Any more — He shall no more be seen and known in his former habitation. It concerns us to secure a better place when we die: for this will own us no more.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore — Since my life is so vain and short, and when once lost, without all hopes of recovery. I will plead with God for pity before I die; I will not smother my anguish within my breast, but will ease myself by pouring out my complaints.... [ Continue Reading ]
A sea — Am I as fierce and unruly as the sea, which, if thou didst not set bounds to it, would overwhelm the earth? Or, am I a vast and ungovernable sea — monster? Which thou must restrain by thy powerful providence. That, &c. — That thou shouldest guard and restrain me with such heavy and unexample... [ Continue Reading ]
What, &c. — What is there in that poor, mean, creature called man, miserable man, as this word signifies, which can induce thee to take any notice of him, or to make such account of him? Man is not worthy of thy favour, and he is below thy anger; that thou shouldest concern thyself so much about him... [ Continue Reading ]
And try, &c. — What is man that vain, foolish creature, that thou shouldest magnify or regard, or visit him, (with thy mercy and blessings, that thou shouldest so far honour and regard him, as by thy visitation to preserve his spirit, or hold his soul in life) and try him, which God doth not only by... [ Continue Reading ]
How long — How long will it be ere thou withdraw thy afflicting hand? Swallow — That I may have a breathing time: a proverbial expression.... [ Continue Reading ]
Sinned — Although I am free from those crying sins, for which my friends suppose thou hast sent this judgment upon me, yet, I freely confess I am a sinner, and therefore obnoxious to thy justice. What, &c. — To satisfy thy justice, or regain thy favour? Who dost know and diligently observe all mens... [ Continue Reading ]
Pardon — Seeing thou art so gracious to others, why may not I hope for the same favour from thee? Dust — If thou dost not speedily help me, it will be too late. But I shall not be — It will be to late to shew me favour.... [ Continue Reading ]