Chap. 34 Expofition upon the Bed( of J o B. Verf.26. 691 JOB. Chap. 34. Verf. 26, 27, 2$. _ Ie f riketh them as wickedmen, in the openfight of others : 73ecaufe they turned backfrom him, and would not Confider any ofhis wayes. So that they caufe the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth eke cry ofthe a_ ffliaed. Lihuhaving in the former words flamed the impartial! ven- geance of God upon the wicked , proceedeth to thew two things further about it in thefe words. Pita, The manner of it, v. 26. Hefiriketh them as wicked men in the openfight ofothers. Secondly, The caufes , grounds, or reafons of it in the 27th and z8thverfes ; whydoth God flrike them ? it is becaufe'they turned backfrom him, andwould not Confider any of his wayes ; So eyci [jg that they caufe the Cry ofthe poore to comeunto him their impie-1 o'amper vo- ty in turning from God, and their iniquity inotpreffing the poor, l:in adverfas provoked the Lord tofirike them as wicked men in the open fight rang' D11ifit. others, sib ;er quid turnfono Verf. 26. IleJIriketh them ou wicked mcc. (lapel?vel cb. plodere ; unde aliqui dee;e8i The word which we render lrike, fpecially notes the flriking one ibs ziniof4 of one hind again!} the other ; our hands clafht , or i ruck toe_ mtum.fibilu ex- ther, make a found, or noife : Thus force Interpret the word here, Ponun>. vo- Heflrikes them with an Ignominious found. Many rejoyce and cla., Ph rra f, their hands when they fall; They are deflroyed with (hooting', ca vernto tor_ Others take the metaphor from a bladder filled with winde, gente, qua po- which being call on the ground, and flampt upon with the foot, de eornpreifa breaks with a noife,or gives a crack in the breaking: Wicked tnen, camfonittirum= in all they think,+ and purpofe, and doe, are but wind, and when ÿ rZ7 bla theybreak, they break like bladders, which have notking of fob- comp/oftt roe. dity, only breath and fume in them. Such an Elegancy there is in Tharg: this word, hitting the vanity and vacuity or empttnefs of wicked In l°'°° ¡TV"' T t t C z borum comple- tnen, dit ens. Juni
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