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Verse 2

Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

Suffer

21.3 33.31-33 Hebrews 13.22

I have yet to speak, etc

Heb. there are yet words for God.

13.7,8 33.6 Exodus 4.16 Jeremiah 15.19 Ezekiel 2.7 2 Corinthians 5.20

Verse 3

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

fetch

28.12,13,20-24 32.8 Proverbs 2.4,5 Matthew 2.1,2 12.42 Acts 8.27-40 Romans 10.6-8 James 1.5,17 3.17

ascribe

32.2 34.5,10-12 Deuteronomy 32.4 Psalms 11.7 145.17 Jeremiah 12.1 Daniel 9.7,14 Romans 3.25,26 9.14 Revelation 15.3

Verse 4

For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

my

13.4,7 21.27,34 22.6-30 Proverbs 8.7,8 2 Corinthians 2.17

perfect

37.16 Luke 1.3 Acts 24.22 1 Corinthians 14.20 *marg:; Colossians 4.12 2 Timothy 3.16,17

in

Psalms 49.3 Proverbs 22.20,21

Verse 5

Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

despiseth

10.3 31.13 Psalms 22.24 138.6

mighty

9.14,19 12.13-16 26.12-14 37.23 Psalms 99.4 147.5 Jeremiah 10.12 32.19 1 Corinthians 1.24-28

wisdom

Heb. heart.

Verse 6

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

preserveth

21.7-9,30 Psalms 55.23 Jeremiah 12.1,2 2 Peter 2.9

giveth

29.12-17 Psalms 9.12 10.14,15 72.4,12-14 82.1-4 Proverbs 22.22,23 Isaiah 11.4

poor

or, afflicted.

Exodus 22.22-24 Psalms 140.12

Verse 7

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

withdraw

2 Chronicles 16.9 Psalms 33.18 34.15 Zephaniah 3.17 1 Peter 3.12

with

1.3 42.12 Genesis 23.6 41.40 1 Samuel 2.8 Esther 10.3 Psalms 78.70-72 113.7,8

he doth

2 Samuel 7.13-16 Psalms 112.7-10 2 Thessalonians 3.3

Verse 8

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

if

13.27 19.6 33.18,19 Psalms 18.5 107.10 116.3 Lamentations 3.9

cords

Proverbs 5.22

Verse 9

Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

he

10.2 Deuteronomy 4.21,22 2 Chronicles 33.11-13 Psalms 94.12 119.67,71 Lamentations 3.39,40 Luke 15.17-19 1 Corinthians 11.32

their

Psalms 5.10 Isaiah 59.12 Ezekiel 18.28-31 Romans 5.20 1 Timothy 1.15

Verse 10

He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

openeth

15 33.16-23 Psalms 40.6 Isaiah 48.8,17 50.5 Acts 16.14

commandeth

Proverbs 1.22,23 8.4,5 9.4-6 Isaiah 1.16-20 55.6,7 Jeremiah 4.3,4 7.3-7 Ezekiel 18.30,31 Hosea 14.1 Matthew 3.8 Acts 3.19 17.30 James 4.8

Verse 11

If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

If

22.21 Deuteronomy 4.30 Jeremiah 7.23 26.13 Romans 6.17 Hebrews 11.8

spend

11.13-19 21.11 22.23 42.12 Ecclesiastes 9.2,3 James 5.5 Revelation 18.7

Verse 12

But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

if

Deuteronomy 18.15-22 29.15-20 Isaiah 1.20 3.11 Romans 2.8,9

perish

Heb. pass away. die.

4.21 John 8.21-24

Verse 13

But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

heap

Numbers 32.14 2 Chronicles 28.13,22 Romans 2.5

they

15.4 27.8-10 35.9,10 Matthew 22.12,13

bindeth

8 Psalms 107.10

Verse 14

They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

They die

Heb. Their soul dieth.

15.32 21.23-25 22.16 Genesis 38.7-10 Leviticus 10.1,2 Psalms 55.23

unclean

or, sodomites.

Genesis 19.5,24,25 Deuteronomy 23.17

Verse 15

He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

delivereth

poor

or, afflicted. openeth.

10 2 Chronicles 12.8

Verse 16

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

a broad

19.8 42.10-17 Psalms 18.19 31.8 40.1-3 118.5

that which should be set on thy table

Heb. the rest of thy table. full.

Psalms 23.5 36.8 63.5 Isaiah 25.6 55.2

Verse 17

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

fulfilled

16.5 34.8,36 Romans 1.32 Revelation 18.4

take hold on thee

should uphold thee.

Verse 18

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

Because

Psalms 2.5,12 110.5 Matthew 3.7 Romans 1.18 2.5 Ephesians 5.6

his

Psalms 39.10 Isaiah 14.6 Ezekiel 24.16

then

33.24 Psalms 49.7,8 1 Timothy 2.6 Hebrews 2.3

deliver thee

Heb. turn thee aside.

Verse 19

Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

Will

Proverbs 10.2 11.4 Isaiah 2.20 Zephaniah 1.18 James 5.3

nor all

9.13 34.20 Psalms 33.16,17 Proverbs 11.21 Isaiah 37.36

Verse 20

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Desire

3.20,21 6.9 7.15 14.13 17.13,14

cut

Exodus 12.29 2 Kings 19.35 Proverbs 14.32 Ecclesiastes 11.3 Daniel 5.30 Luke 12.20 Acts 1.25 1 Thessalonians 5.2,3

Verse 21

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

regard

Psalms 66.18 Ezekiel 14.4 Matthew 5.29,30

this

34.7-9 35.3 Daniel 3.16-18 6.10 Matthew 13.21 16.24 Acts 5.40,41 Hebrews 11.25 1 Peter 3.17 4.15,16

Verse 22

Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

God

1 Samuel 2.7,8 Psalms 75.7 Isaiah 14.5 Jeremiah 27.5-8 Daniel 4.25,32 5.18 Luke 1.52 Romans 13.1

who

Psalms 94.10,12 Isaiah 48.17 54.13 Jeremiah 31.38 John 6.45

Verse 23

Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

Who hath

34.13-33 Isaiah 40.13,14 Romans 11.34 1 Corinthians 2.16 Ephesians 1.11

Thou

8.3 34.10 40.8 Romans 2.5 3.5 9.14

Verse 24

Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

magnify

12.13-25 26.5-14 Psalms 28.5 34.3 72.18 86.8-10 92.4,5 104.24 Psalms 107.8,15 111.2-4,8 145.10-12 Jeremiah 10.12 Daniel 4.3,37 Luke 1.46

which

Deuteronomy 4.19 Psalms 19.1-4

Verse 26

Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

God

37.5 Psalms 145.3

we

11.7-9 26.14 37.23 1 Kings 8.27

neither

Psalms 90.2 102.24-27 Hebrews 1.12 2 Peter 3.8

Verse 27

For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

he

5.9 38.25-28,34 Genesis 2.5,6 Psalms 65.9-13 Isaiah 5.6 Jeremiah 14.22

the vapour

33 Psalms 148.8

Verse 28

Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

37.11-13 Genesis 7.11,12 Proverbs 3.20

Verse 29

Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

the spreadings

37.16 38.9,37 1 Kings 18.44,45 Psalms 104.3

the noise

37.2-5 Psalms 18.13 29.3-10 77.16-19 104.7 Nahum 1.3 Habakkuk 3.10

Verse 30

Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

he

38.25,34,35 Luke 17.24

and

38.8-11 Genesis 1.9 Exodus 14.22,28 15.4,5 Psalms 18.11-16 104.5-9

bottom

Heb. roots.

Verse 31

For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

37.13 38.22,23 Genesis 6.17 7.17-24 19.24 Exodus 9.23-25 Deuteronomy 8.2,15 Joshua 10.11 1 Samuel 2.10 7.10 12.18

he giveth

38.26,27 Psalms 65.9-13 104.13-15,27,28 136.25 Acts 14.17

Verse 32

With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

26.9 Exodus 10.21-23 Psalms 18.11 135.7 147.8,9 148.8 Acts 27.20

Verse 33

The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.

noise

29 37.2 2 Samuel 22.14 1 Kings 18.41-45

the cattle

Jeremiah 14.4-6 Joel 1.18 2.22

the vapour

Heb. that which goeth up.