JOB 9:1 is Job's answer to the position taken up by Bildad, viz. that
the Almighty cannot judge falsely (Job 8:3). In Job 2 accepts the
general principle that God judges according to merit. But of what use
is this? Man has no chance of asserting his righteousness before God,
of putting in his claim... [ Continue Reading ]
Job again takes up his complaint, but in a quieter tone, so that he is
able to imagine after all a way in which he might maintain his cause
before God. He complains first of the shortness of his life. His time
runs swiftly as a runner, as the light papyrus boats used on the Nile,
as an eagle in its... [ Continue Reading ]