Job 11:17

And [thine] age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

Ver. 17. And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday] The rest of thy life which thou givest for lost, shall be the very prime part of thy time for glory. Solid glory springeth out of innocence of life, beneficence toward all men, acts done valiantly and successfully with justice and moderation of mind; whereunto is added the constant applause of good men, proceeding from an admiration of so great virtue. This Zophar promiseth Job upon his true repentance, with a daily increase thereof, as the sun shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Fame followeth virtue, as the shadow doth the body at the very heels. "If there be any virtue, if any praise," saith the apostle, Philippians 4:8. Where the one is the other will be. Abel for his faith and righteousness is yet spoken of (as some render Heb 11:4), though dead long ago. "The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance," Psalms 112:6 .

Thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning] Isaiah 58:8. Or, if thou dost wax obscure, yet thou shalt match the morning, which disperseth darkness, and conquers it by the approaching light. Look how the moon wadeth out of a cloud, so shall thine overcast righteousness "break forth as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday," Psalms 37:6 .