Chap.:34.. An Expofitiori upon the EoolLof J o B. Verf. to. 553 wife, therefore Ì had need look to it while Iam fpeang before the righteous God, that Ifpeake righteeufly,and while Ifpeak before the Godoftruth , that I fpeak according unto truth ; farre beit from me that Ifhould doe wickedly before God ; there is a truth in this tranflation. But this is not a true tranflation according to the He- brew ; nor is it the truth of this place: Ebhu fpeaking in fo weighty a matter might well fay farre be it from me to pervert juftice fomuch as in aword, becaufe I fpeake before God,and am in theprefenceof the Almighty. We fhould not fpeak a word amiffe in his fight or hearing, who feeth and heareth what all mein doeand fay, whatfoever they are doing or laying, efpecially,wheH they are doing or faying that which is of neare concernment to himfelfe. This.rendringgives us a ufefull caution. But doubt- leffe Elihu's purpofe here was not to Phewwith what reverence of God,himfelfe was about to fpeak, but that he was about to fpeak for thevindication of the righteoufnefs of God,which he thought 3-64 had wronged by that affertion when he raid, (verf. g.) Ic profiteth a man nothing that he fhou/d delight himfelfwithGod. Hereupon Vibes with forceheat of fpirit turnes uponhim in there words, Farre be it fromGod that he fhoulddoe wickedly. The word rendred God forbid is often ufed inScripture, im plying the greateft deteftation and utterabhorrence of that which '7";11 profa- ts extreamly offenfive to us ; the rootof it fignifieth any thing ae,d du- thatisprophane,filthy, or polluted; becaufe all prophanethingspr©cu¡}omns and perlons are farre fromGod, that is, fuch as he utterlyabhor- profanum. Af- reth. Further, the verbe fignifieth as to pollute, or to prophane,fmonens indi- fo to offerviolence., to wound and kill uniuffly or'murtheroufly ;car animi, qui which fence complyeth fully with the bufinèffe in hand. lob hadf`clus aliquid a complained that his innocent at leaft that he being innocent, veLáb alto p Y deprecatwr er was forely afiti&ed and wounded, and lay as it were weltringin barer. sand: in his gore andblood: Hereupon EiihuRands up to vindicate the righteo rneffeand juflice,of God,Farre beitfromGod,&c. When á Judge loth unrighteou(ly he offereth violence to the Law, and ticiates that chaff Virgin Juftice, committed to his care and keeping. All a&s of injuftice are therefore farre fromGod,even the abomination ofi his foul, becaufe polluted and filthy in them- felves, as alto fuch as polluteand defileall thofethat ufe them. Bbbb Thus
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