_A.M. 2484. B.C. 1520._ Bildad, still thinking that Job had made too bold with the Divine Majesty, in his appeals to his tribunal, shows, in a few words, the infinite distance there is between God and man; teaching us, (1,) _ To think highly and honourably of God, Job 25:2; Job 25:3; Job 25:5._ ... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then answered Bildad_ Who makes the last weak effort against Job; and being unable to deny the truth of his assertions, but at the same time unwilling to give up the argument, shelters himself behind the acknowledged attributes of God, _power, justice_, and _purity_, and the infirmities of human na... [ Continue Reading ]
_Dominion and fear are with him_ Absolute and sovereign power over all persons and things, so that it is both rebellion and madness to contend with him; and terror, which justly makes him dreadful to all men, and especially to all that undertake to dispute with him. In other words, awful majesty and... [ Continue Reading ]
_Is there any number of his armies?_ Of his angels, and stars, and other creatures, all which are his hosts, wholly submitting themselves to his will, to be and to do whatever he pleases. And, therefore, how insolent and unreasonable a thing it is to quarrel with him, or resist his will! _Upon whom... [ Continue Reading ]
_How then can man be justified with God?_ That is, before God's tribunal, to which thou dost so boldly appeal. Thou mayest plead thy cause with thy fellow-worms, as we are, and expect to be justified; but wo to thee, if the great God undertake to plead his cause against thee: how severely and certai... [ Continue Reading ]
_Behold, even to the moon, and it shineth not_ The moon, though bright and glorious, if compared with the divine majesty, is without any lustre or glory. By his naming the moon, and thence proceeding to the stars, he shows that he includes the sun also, and all other creatures, and signifies that th... [ Continue Reading ]
_How much less man, that is a worm_ Mean, vile, and impotent; proceeding from corruption, and returning to it. _And the son of man_ For _miserable man_, in the last clause, he here puts _the son of_ any _man_, to show that this is true, even of the greatest and best of men. Let us then wonder at the... [ Continue Reading ]