Chapter 36
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.
Suffer
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
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
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
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
despiseth
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
delivereth
poor
or, afflicted. openeth.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
God
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
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
Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
37:11-13 Genesis 7:11,12 Proverbs 3:20
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
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
he
and
38:8-11 Genesis 1:9 Exodus 14:22,28 15:4,5 Psalms 18:11-16 104:5-9
bottom
Heb. roots.
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
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
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.