约伯记 16:17-21 Cunpss
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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:1-22
Deep dejection and irrepressible hope. In this reply Job refuses to make a direct rejoinder to the attack upon him; he is too utterly bowed down in his weakness. But— I. The first part of his speech consists of A BITTER SARCASM UPON THE IDLE TALK OF HIS FRIENDS . (Verses 1-5.) Their speeches are useless. They mean to comfort ( Job 15:11 ); but their reasonings produce an opposite effect on his mind. They should cease; there must he something ailing those who are thus... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:7-17
Job to God: resumption of the third controversy: 1. The sorrows of a weary man. I. DIVINELY SENT . Whether directly addressed in the second person (verses 7, 8), or indirectly alluded to in the third (verses 7, 9, 12, 14), it is ever God to whom Job traces back his sufferings. It is faith's function, as well as faith's delight, to recognize God's hand in affliction as in felicity; but not seldom sense intervenes to misconstrue the end and motive of God's dealings with the saint, and to... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:11-17
The severity of the Divine judgments. The mystery of the Divine dealings is revealed in this book. The view from a human standpoint is given. Job and his friends see not the spiritual side of the whole transaction. The Divine purpose is hidden. Job knows not that it is "Satan" that has instigated all these afflictions. He knows not that God has given permission for his trial. Nor does he know the limitations put upon that trial, nor the final issue. The severity of the Divine judgments (so... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:17
Not for any injustice in mine hands ; or, not that there is any violence in my hands (scrap. Isaiah 53:9 , where the expression used of the Messiah is nearly the same). Job repudiates the charge of rapine and robbery which Eliphaz has brought against him ( Job 15:28 , Job 15:34 ). His hands have not done violence to any. Also my prayer is pure . Neither has he been guilty of the hypocrisy which Eliphaz has also charged him with ( Job 15:34 ). His prayers have been sincere and... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:17
Acceptable prayer. I. WHEN ADDRESSED TO THE RIGHT OBJECT . God ( Psalms 65:2 ). Not, however, the God of our imaginations, or the God of nature simply; but the God of revelation and the God of grace, the God who hath manifested forth his glory in the Person of Jesus Christ. II. WHEN PRESENTED THROUGH THE RIGHT MEDIUM Jesus Christ, the one Mediator between God and man ( 1 Timothy 2:5 ), the one Advocate for sinful men ( 1 John 2:1 ), the one High Priest over... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:17
(last clause, "My prayer is pure") . Purity of prayer. The impure prayer cannot be heard by God. It may be earnest, passionate, vehement, yet it must fall back rejected and confounded. Let us, then, consider in what purity of prayer consists. I. REALITY . The prayer that is not felt and meant in the heart is an impure offering of hypocrisy. Though it be uttered in the becoming phrases of devotion, it is to God as the howling of blasphemous demons. If there be no other sin in our... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:18
O earth, cover not thou my blood! There was a widespread belief in the ancient world that innocent blood, spilt upon the ground, cried to God for vengeance, and remained a dark blot upon the earth till it was avenged, or until it was covered up. Job apostrophizes the earth, and be-seethes it not to cover up his blood when he dies, as he expects to do, shortly. And let my cry have no place ; i.e. let it have no hiding-place, but fill earth and heaven. Let it continue to be heard until it... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:18-22
Job to God: 2. An appeal to God against God. I. A SUBLIME INVOCATION . "O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place!" (verse 18). 1 . The explanation of the language. The allusion seems to be to Genesis 4:10 , where the blood of Abel is represented as crying to God from the ground for vengeance upon its destroyer; and Job, in the lofty consciousness of his innocence, while momentarily anticipating death, calls upon the earth not to drink up his blood, but... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 16:21
O that one might plead - Let me only have liberty to plead with God, as a man hath with his fellow. read more