Will he delight himself? — It is only the godly who can say, “Whom have I in heaven but Thee, and there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison with Thee;” and again, “I will praise Thy name, because it is so comfortable;” but this man hath no promise that he can plead, and therefore no assurance of access at all times to the presence of God.
WILL HE DELIGHT HIMSELF IN THE ALMIGHTY? - A truly pious man will delight himself in the Almighty. His supreme happiness will be found in God. He has pleasure in the contemplation of his existence, hi...
CHAPTER 27 JOB'S CLOSING WORDS IN SELF-VINDICATION _ 1. My righteousness I hold fast (Job 27:1)_ 2. The contrast between himself and the wicked (Job 27:7) Job 27:1. Zophar, the third friend, no long...
THIRD SPEECH OF ZOPHAR. He once more reiterates, in spite of all Job has said, that the wicked shall perish. He bursts out Let mine enemy be as God's enemy. I can wish him no worse doom. In Job 27:8 t...
ALWAYS. continually....
The dreary and desolate condition of the mind of the wicked man in affliction....
_will he delight himself_?] Or, DOTH he delight himself? The wicked man has no consolation, no resource, in the manifold conditions of life when men need higher help than their own; he has no pleasure...
B. NO BELIEVERS ANONYMOUS, I.E., NO UNIVERSAL SALVATION (Job 27:7-23) TEXT 27:7-23 7 LET MINE ENEMY BE AS THE WICKED, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous. 8 For what is th...
_WILL HE DELIGHT HIMSELF IN THE ALMIGHTY? WILL HE ALWAYS CALL UPON GOD?_ Alluding to Job 22:26. ALWAYS CALL - he may do so in times of prosperity, in order to be thought religious. But he will not,...
JOB'S EIGHTH SPEECH (CONCLUDED) 1-6. Job protests that he is innocent. Job 27:1 are an enlargement of what Job had previously said (Job 13:16) of his determination not to admit that he was being puni...
Job really loved God. Unlike wicked people, Job received pleasure from God (Job 23:12). Unlike wicked people, Job prayed often (Job 1:5)....
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 27 JOB CONTINUES HIS LAST S...
אִם ־עַל ־שַׁדַּ֥י יִתְעַנָּ֑ג יִקְרָ֖א אֱלֹ֣והַּ...
XXII. THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS Job 26:1; Job 27:1 Job SPEAKS BEGINNING his reply Job is full of scorn and sarcasm. "How hast thou helped one without power! How hast thou saved the strengthless...
THE JUSTICE OF GOD Job 27:1 Zophar ought now to have taken up the discourse, but, as he is silent, Job proceeds. First he renews _his protestations of integrity,_ Job 27:1. He denies the charge of be...
There would seem to have been a pause after Job's answer to Bildad. The suggestion is that he waited for Zophar, and seeing that Zophar was silent, he took the initiative, and made general reply. This...
(8) For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? (9) Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? (10) Will he delight himself in the Almighty? w...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
WILL HE DELIGHT HIMSELF IN THE ALMIGHTY?.... That is, the hypocrite; no, he will not; he may seem to delight in, him, but he does not truly and sincerely; not in him as the Almighty, or in his omnipot...
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? Ver. 10. _Will he delight himself in the Almighty?_] viz. When trouble cometh upon him, as in the former verse. No, this is _Chr...
_Will he delight himself in the Almighty?_ When he has nothing else to delight in? No: his delight is in the things of the world, which now sink under him. _Will he always call upon God?_ Will he have...
JOB'S AGAIN PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE...
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call upon God? There is no possibility of a trusting, joyful, loving fellowship between the ungodly person and God. Even when the heart of the b...
HOLDING FAST HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS (vv.1-7) In Chapter 26 Job answered Bildad fully. Bildad's last argument was very brief, and after this Zophar had nothing at all to say. Job has already won the debat...
In addition, the wicked will not delight in God nor will they continually call upon Him, thus demonstrating that they are ungodly. But Job is still calling upon God even in his distress....
7-10 Job looked upon the condition of a hypocrite and a wicked man, to be most miserable. If they gained through life by their profession, and kept up their presumptuous hope till death, what would th...
Will he be able to delight and satisfy himself with God alone, and with his love and favour, when he hath no other matter of delight? This I now do, and this a hypocrite cannot do, because his heart i...
Job 27:10 delight H6026 (H8691) Almighty H7706 always H6256 call H7121 (H8799) God H433 delight -...
Remember that Job's friends had accused him of having committed some great sin; which would account for his great sorrows. The good man is naturally very indignant, and he uses the strongest possible...
CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad continued. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: The consideration of the miserable condition of the hypocrite should engage us to be upright. KEY WORD: Hypocr...
Job 27:1. _Parable,_ equivalent to a wise, learned and conclusive speech. Job 27:2. _God hath taken away my judgment._ The old readings here are preferable. The LXX, God judgeth me thus, or so heavily...
_Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?_ THE PRIVATIONS OF GODNESSNESS I. He has no refuge in trouble. When “trouble cometh upon him” he cannot cry unto God with any hope of being heard...
_Moreover Job continued his parable._ POINTS IN JOB’S PARABLE I. A solemn asseveration. “As God liveth.” The words imply a belief-- 1. In the reality of the Divine existence. Whilst some deny this...
_JOB’S REPLY TO THE FRIENDS IN GENERAL_ Job now alone in the field. Zophar, who should have followed Bildad, and to whom Job had given opportunity to speak, has apparently nothing to say. Job, therefo...
EXPOSITION JOB 27:1 This chapter divides itself into three distinct portions. In the first, which extends to the end of Job 27:6, Job is engaged in maintaining, with the utmost possible solemnity (ve...
Job continued his answer and he said, As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul; All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;...
1 Thessalonians 5:17; Acts 10:2; Ephesians 6:18; Habakkuk 3:18; J
Delight — When he has nothing else to delight in? No: his delight is in the things of the world, which now sink under him. And those who do not delight in God, will not always, will not long, call upo...