Yuēbó 39

1 Shān yán jiān de yĕ shānyáng jǐshí shēngchǎn , nǐ zhīdào ma . mǔ lù xià dú zhī qī , nǐ néng chá déng ma .

2 Tāmen huáitāi de yuè shǔ , nǐ néng shǔ suàn ma . tāmen jǐshí shēngchǎn , nǐ néng xiǎodé ma .

3 Tāmen qū shēn , jiāng zǐ shēng xià , jiù chúdiào téngtòng .

4 Zhè zǐ jiànjiàn féizhuàng , zaì huāng yĕ zhǎngdà , qù ér bù huí .

5 Shuí fàng yĕ lü chū qù zìyóu . shuí jiĕkāi kuaì lü de shéng suǒ .

6 Wǒ shǐ kuàngyĕ zuò tā de zhù chù , shǐ xián dì dāng tā de jū suǒ .

7 Tā chīxiào chéng neì de xuān nāng , bù tīng gǎn shēngkou de hē shēng .

8 Biàn shān shì tā de cǎo cháng . tā xúnzhǎo gèyàng qīng lù zhī wù .

9 Yĕ niú qǐ kĕn fúshì nǐ . qǐ kĕn zhù zaì nǐde caó páng .

10 Nǐ qǐnéng yòng tào shéng jiāng yĕ niú lóng zaì lí gōu zhī jiān . tā qǐ kĕn suí nǐ bà shān yù zhī dì .

11 Qǐ kĕ yīn tā de lì dà jiù yǐkào tā . qǐ kĕ bǎ nǐde gōng jiāo gĕi tā zuò ma .

12 Qǐ kĕ xìn kào tā bǎ nǐde liángshi yùn dào jiā , yòu shōujù nǐ hécháng shang de yù ma .

13 Tuó niǎo de chìbǎng huān rán shān zhǎn , qǐ shì xiǎn cíaì de líng maó hé yǔ maó ma .

14 Yīn tā bǎ dàn liú zaì dì shang , zaì chéntǔ zhōng shǐ dé wēnnuǎn .

15 Què xiǎng bù dào beì jiǎo chuaì suì , huò beì yĕshòu jiàntà .

16 Tā rĕnxīn dāi chú , sìhu bú shì zìjǐ de . suīrán tú shòu laókǔ , yĕ bù wèi chú jùpà .

17 Yīnwei shén shǐ tā méiyǒu zhìhuì , yĕ wèi jiāng wùxìng cìgĕi tā .

18 Tā jǐshí tǐng shēn zhǎn kāi chìbǎng , jiù chīxiào mǎ hé qí mǎ de rén .

19 Mǎ de dàlì shì nǐ suǒ cì de ma . tā jǐngxiàng shang £¿ £¿ shā de zōng shì nǐ gĕi tā pī shang de ma .

20 Shì nǐ jiào tā tiàoyuè xiàng huángchóng ma . tā pēn qì zhī wēi shǐ rén jīng huáng .

21 Tā zaì yù zhōng bào dì , zì xǐ qí lì . tā chū qù yíngjiē peì daì bīngqì de rén .

22 Tā chīxiào kĕpà de shì bìng bù jīng huáng , yĕ bù yīn dāo jiàn tuì huí .

23 Jiàn daì hé fā liàng de qiāng , bìng duǎn qiāng zaì tā shēnshang zhēng zhēng yǒu shēng .

24 Tā fā mĕng liè de nùqì jiāng dì tūn xià . yī tīng jiǎo shēng jiù bù naì zhàn lì .

25 Jiǎo mĕi fā shēng , tā shuō á hā. tā cóng yuǎn chù wén zhe zhàn qì , yòu tīngjian jūnzhǎng dà fā léi shēng , hé bīng dīng nè hǎn .

26 Yīng què fēi xiáng , zhǎn kāi chìbǎng yīzhí xiàng nán , qǐ shì jiè nǐde zhìhuì ma .

27 Dà yīng shang téng zaì gāo chù dā wō , qǐ shì tīng nǐde fēnfu ma .

28 Tā zhù zaì shān yán , yǐ shān fēng hé jiāngù zhī suǒ wèi jiā ,

29 Cóng nàli kuī kàn shíwù , yǎnjing yuǎn yuǎn guān wàng .

30 Tā de chú yĕ zā xuè . beì shā de rén zaì nàli . tā yĕ zaì nàli .

Yuēbó 39 Commentary

Chapter 39

God inquires of Job concerning several animals.

- In these questions the Lord continued to humble Job. In this chapter several animals are spoken of, whose nature or situation particularly show the power, wisdom, and manifold works of God. The wild ass. It is better to labour and be good for something, than to ramble and be good for nothing. From the untameableness of this and other creatures, we may see, how unfit we are to give law to Providence, who cannot give law even to a wild ass's colt. The unicorn, a strong, stately, proud creature. He is able to serve, but not willing; and God challenges Job to force him to it. It is a great mercy if, where God gives strength for service, he gives a heart; it is what we should pray for, and reason ourselves into, which the brutes cannot do. Those gifts are not always the most valuable that make the finest show. Who would not rather have the voice of the nightingale, than the tail of the peacock; the eye of the eagle and her soaring wing, and the natural affection of the stork, than the beautiful feathers of the ostrich, which can never rise above the earth, and is without natural affection? The description of the war-horse helps to explain the character of presumptuous sinners. Every one turneth to his course, as the horse rushes into the battle. When a man's heart is fully set in him to do evil, and he is carried on in a wicked way, by the violence of his appetites and passions, there is no making him fear the wrath of God, and the fatal consequences of sin. Secure sinners think themselves as safe in their sins as the eagle in her nest on high, in the clefts of the rocks; but I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord, ( Jeremiah 49:16 ) . All these beautiful references to the works of nature, should teach us a right view of the riches of the wisdom of Him who made and sustains all things. The want of right views concerning the wisdom of God, which is ever present in all things, led Job to think and speak unworthily of Providence.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 39

This chapter treats of various creatures, beasts and birds, which Job had little knowledge of, had no concern in the making of them, and scarcely any power over them; as of the goats and hinds, Job 39:1-4; of the wild ass, Job 39:5-8; of the unicorn, Job 39:9-12; of the peacock and ostrich, Job 39:13-18; of the horse, Job 39:19-25; and of the hawk and eagle, Job 39:26-30.