15 But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?
Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like a cloud. And now my soul is poured out in me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me. The night pierceth through my bones [and detacheth them] from me, and my gnawing pains take no rest: By their great force they have become my raiment; they bind me about as the collar of my coat. He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes. I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me. Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me. Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to be borne away, and dissolvest my substance. For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living. Indeed, no prayer [availeth] when he stretcheth out [his] hand: though they cry when he destroyeth. Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy? For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness. My bowels well up, and rest not; days of affliction have confronted me. I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up, I cry in the congregation. I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches. My skin is become black [and falleth] off me, and my bones are parched with heat. My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of weepers.
Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction? Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? But as for me, Jehovah, I cry unto thee, and in the morning my prayer cometh before thee. Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me? I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, [and] I am distracted. Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought:
How shall I give thee over, Ephraim? [how] shall I deliver thee up, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboim? My heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am ùGod, and not man, -- the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not come in anger.
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Commentary on Job 35 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 35
Job being still silent, Elihu follows his blow, and here, a third time, undertakes to show him that he had spoken amiss, and ought to recant. Three improper sayings he here charges him with, and returns answer to them distinctly:-
Job 35:1-8
We have here,
Job 35:9-13
Elihu here returns an answer to another word that Job had said, which, he thought, reflected much upon the justice and goodness of God, and therefore ought not to pass without a remark. Observe,
Job 35:14-16
Here is,