Job 17:8,9

Effect produced on religious minds by the sight of such sufferings inflicted on the godly. Such moral perversions in the rule of the world "confound" religious men, and rouse their moral indignation against the wicked, who are prosperous; cf. similar thoughts Psalms 37:1 seq., Psalms 73:2 seq. The word thisrefers to Job's case as an instance of the moral wrong that is observed in the rule of the world. On "hypocrite," i. e. godless, see ch. Job 8:13.