Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, Ver. 1. _Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said_] A pithy and ponderous speech he here maketh, though little to the purpose, for he quite digresseth from the question in hand concerning the wicked's flourishing, and saints' sufferings, he chooseth to... [ Continue Reading ]
Dominion and fear [are] with him, he maketh peace in his high places. Ver. 2. _Dominion and fear are with him_] God is therefore to be feared, because Lord over all. If an earthly king be so dread a sovereign, if an apparition of angels hath so amazed the best men, who would net fear that King of n... [ Continue Reading ]
Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise? Ver. 3. _Is there any number of his armies?_] God is Lord of hosts; and, as the Rabbis well observe, he hath his upper forces and his lower forces, as his horse and foot, ready pressed. The upper are here chiefly meant, viz.... [ Continue Reading ]
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean [that is] born of a woman? Ver. 4. _How then can man be justified with God?_] _Homo frivolus,_ so the Tygurines translate. How can frivolous man, sorry man, _morbis mortique obnoxius,_ man subject to diseases and death; how can such a m... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. Ver. 5. _Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not_] _i.e._ Either descend in thy thoughts, from the highest orbs as low as the moon; or else ascend from gold, gems, jewels, and other orient resplendent creatur... [ Continue Reading ]
How much less man, [that is] a worm? and the son of man, [which is] a worm? Ver. 6. _How much less man, that is a worm?_] He saith not, as a worm, but a worm itself, so Psalms 22:6, "I am a worm, and no man"; _nullificamen hominis,_ as Tertullian somewhere phraseth it. David in the Arabic signifiet... [ Continue Reading ]