Verse 3
3. Holdeth fast his integrity As a soldier his shield, because his life is wrapped up in it.
Movedst me For the test and maturing of the godly character of men, the devices of Satan are tolerated in the divine scheme.
To destroy him without cause “This points to a very important rule in the divine administration, according to which the cause of a destructive temptation is something in a man’s self a sin, for example, leading on to a larger and larger. There was no such cause in Job why he should be tempted to destruction.” Chalmers. The bias of the heart to any peculiar sin invites trial or temptation; while the cherishing of secret sin subsequently lands us in a larger temptation. The metallic rock hidden in the each attracts not one, but many lightning strokes. The strokes of trial, in the mercy of God, are meant not to scathe, but to burn out the subtle springs of sin’s disease. That the malicious aspersions of Satan may be confounded, and Job become an exemplar to the Church in all ages, God is moved, of his own free will, to permit the trial of Job, though without cause.
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