Verse 11
11. Consolations of God Such as he and his friends administered.
Small with thee Too little for thee, great and “wise in thy own conceit.”
Is there any secret thing with thee Literally, and the word so gentle with thee. (Hitzig.) Is that, also, too small for thee. The word לאשׂ , so gentle, is used in 1 Kings 21:27 of the slow gait of a mourner, and in Isaiah 8:6 of the gentle waters of Shiloah, “that go softly.” God’s words are words of tenderness. The affection and the wisdom of God are seen in the adaptation of his revelation to the heart, no less than to the mind, of man. “The Bible fits into every fold of the heart.” It is God’s book because it is, in the tenderest sense, man’s book. God’s yearning over man is the lesson of its every page. He who holds over our world the atmosphere, like a veil that the severest rays of the sun may be toned down, has modified his revelation to every heart; so that the blind may see, the despairing take heart, the guilty find pardon, and the dying live.
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