Yuēbó 9

1 Yuēbó huídá shuō ,
2 Wǒ zhēn zhīdào shì zhèyàng . dàn rén zaì shén miànqián zĕn néng chéngwéi yì ne .
3 Ruò yuànyì yǔ tā zhēng biàn , qiā zhōng ...zhīyī yĕ bùnéng huídá .
4 Tā xīnli yǒu zhìhuì , qiĕ dà yǒu nénglì . shuí xiàng shén gāng yìng ér dé hēng tōng ne .
5 Tā fānù , bǎ shān fān dǎo nuó yí , shān bìng bù zhī jué .
6 Tā shǐ dìzhèn dòng , lí qí bĕn wèi , dì de zhùzi jiù yáohàn .
7 Tā fēnfu rìtou bù chūlai , jiù bù chūlai , yòu fēng bì zhòng xīng .
8 Tā dúzì pū zhāng cāng tiān , bùxíng zaì hǎi làng zhī shang .
9 Tā zào bĕi dòu , sān xīng , mǎo xīng , bìng nánfāng de mì gōng .
10 Tā xíng dà shì , bùkĕ cè dù , xíng qí shì , bùkĕ shēng shǔ .
11 Tā cóng wǒ pángbiān jīngguò , wǒ què bù kànjian . tā zaì wǒ miànqián xíng zǒu , wǒ dǎo bù zhī jué .
12 Tā duó qǔ ,shuí néng zǔdǎng . shuí gǎn wèn tā , nǐ zuò shénme .
13 Shén bì bù shōu huí tāde nùqì . fúzhù Láhǎbǎi de , qū shēn zaì tā yǐxià .
14 jì shì zhèyàng , wǒ zĕn gǎn huídá tā , zĕn gǎn xuǎnzé yányǔ yǔ tā biànlùn ne .
15 Wǒ suī yǒu yì , yĕ bù huídá tā . zhǐyào xiàng nà shĕnpàn wǒde kĕnqiú .
16 Wǒ ruò hūyù , tā yīngyún wǒ . wǒ réng bù xìn tā zhēn tīng wǒde shēngyīn .
17 Tā yòng bàofēng zhé duàn wǒ , wú gù dì jiā zēng wǒde sún shāng .
18 Wǒ jiù shì chuǎn yīkǒu qì , tā dōu bùróng , dǎo shǐ wǒ mǎn xīn kǔ nǎo .
19 Ruò lùn lìliang , tā zhēn yǒu nénglì . ruò lún shĕnpàn , tā shuō shuí néng jiāng wǒ chuán lái ne .
20 Wǒ suī yǒu yì , zìjǐ de kǒu yào déng wǒ wèi yǒu zuì . wǒ suī wánquán , wǒ kǒu bì xiǎn wǒ wèi wānqū .
21 Wǒ bĕn wánquán , bù gù zìjǐ . wǒ yànwù wǒde xìngméng .
22 Shàn è wú fēn , dōu shì yíyàng . suǒyǐ wǒ shuō , wánquán rén hé è rén , tā dōu mièjué .
23 Ruò hūrán zāo shāhaì zhī huò , tā bì hū xiào wúgū de rén yù nán .
24 Shìjiè jiāo zaì è rén shǒu zhōng . méng bì shìjiè shĕnpàn guān de liǎn , ruò bú shì tā , shì shuí ne .
25 Wǒde rìzi bǐ paó xìn de gēng kuaì , jísù guō qù , bù jiàn fú lè .
26 Wǒde rìzi guō qù rú kuaì chuán , rú jí luō zhuā shí de yīng .
27 Wǒ ruò shuō , wǒ yào wàngjì wǒde āi qíng , chú qù wǒde chóuróng , xīn zhōng chàng kuaì .
28 Wǒ yīn chóukǔ ér jùpà , zhīdào nǐ bì bù yǐ wǒ wèi wúgū .
29 Wǒ bì beì nǐ déng wèi yǒu zuì , wǒ hébì túrán laókǔ ne .
30 Wǒ ruò yòng xuĕ shuǐ xǐ shēn , yòng jiǎn jiéjìng wǒde shǒu .
31 Nǐ hái yào rēng wǒ zaì kēng lǐ , wǒde yīfu dōu zēngwù wǒ .
32 Tā bĕn bù xiàng wǒ shì rén , shǐ wǒ kĕyǐ huídá tā , yòu shǐ wǒmen kĕyǐ tóng tīng shĕnpàn .
33 Wǒmen zhōngjiān méiyǒu tīng sòng de rén , kĕyǐ xiàng wǒmen liǎng zào àn shǒu .
34 Yuàn tā bǎ zhàng líkāi wǒ , bú shǐ jīng huáng wēi hè wǒ .
35 Wǒ jiù shuōhuà , yĕ bù jùpà tā , xiànzaì wǒ què bú shì nàyàng .

Yuēbó 9 Commentary

Chapter 9

Job acknowledges God's justice. (1-13) He is not able to contend with God. (14-21) Men not to be judged by outward condition. (22-24) Job complains of troubles. (25-35)

Verses 1-13 In this answer Job declared that he did not doubt the justice of God, when he denied himself to be a hypocrite; for how should man be just with God? Before him he pleaded guilty of sins more than could be counted; and if God should contend with him in judgment, he could not justify one out of a thousand, of all the thoughts, words, and actions of his life; therefore he deserved worse than all his present sufferings. When Job mentions the wisdom and power of God, he forgets his complaints. We are unfit to judge of God's proceedings, because we know not what he does, or what he designs. God acts with power which no creature can resist. Those who think they have strength enough to help others, will not be able to help themselves against it.

Verses 14-21 Job is still righteous in his own eyes, ch. 32:1 , and this answer, though it sets forth the power and majesty of God, implies that the question between the afflicted and the Lord of providence, is a question of might, and not of right; and we begin to discover the evil fruits of pride and of a self-righteous spirit. Job begins to manifest a disposition to condemn God, that he may justify himself, for which he is afterwards reproved. Still Job knew so much of himself, that he durst not stand a trial. If we say, We have no sin, we not only deceive ourselves, but we affront God; for we sin in saying so, and give the lie to the Scripture. But Job reflected on God's goodness and justice in saying his affliction was without cause.

Verses 22-24 Job touches briefly upon the main point now in dispute. His friends maintained that those who are righteous and good, always prosper in this world, and that none but the wicked are in misery and distress: he said, on the contrary, that it is a common thing for the wicked to prosper, and the righteous to be greatly afflicted. Yet there is too much passion in what Job here says, for God doth not afflict willingly. When the spirit is heated with dispute or with discontent, we have need to set a watch before our lips.

Verses 25-35 What little need have we of pastimes, and what great need to redeem time, when it runs on so fast towards eternity! How vain the enjoyments of time, which we may quite lose while yet time continues! The remembrance of having done our duty will be pleasing afterwards; so will not the remembrance of having got worldly wealth, when it is all lost and gone. Job's complaint of God, as one that could not be appeased and would not relent, was the language of his corruption. There is a Mediator, a Daysman, or Umpire, for us, even God's own beloved Son, who has purchased peace for us with the blood of his cross, who is able to save to the uttermost all who come unto God through him. If we trust in his name, our sins will be buried in the depths of the sea, we shall be washed from all our filthiness, and made whiter than snow, so that none can lay any thing to our charge. We shall be clothed with the robes of righteousness and salvation, adorned with the graces of the Holy Spirit, and presented faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. May we learn the difference between justifying ourselves, and being thus justified by God himself. Let the tempest-tossed soul consider Job, and notice that others have passed this dreadful gulf; and though they found it hard to believe that God would hear or deliver them, yet he rebuked the storm, and brought them to the desired haven. Resist the devil; give not place to hard thoughts of God, or desperate conclusions about thyself. Come to Him who invites the weary and heavy laden; who promises in nowise to cast them out.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 9

This and the following chapter contain Job's answer to Bildad, and in this he asserts the strict justice at God; which is such, that no man can be just in his sight, not being able to answer to one charge, or for one sin, of a thousand he is guilty of, Job 9:1-3; and that such are his wisdom and power, that the most daring man cannot expect to succeed in an opposition to him, Job 9:4; instances are given of his power in the works of nature and providence, Job 9:5-10; notice is taken of the imperceptibleness of his actions and motions, and of his sovereignty in all his ways, Job 9:11,12; and of his fierce wrath and anger, which is such as obliges the proudest of men to stoop under him; and therefore Job chose not to contend in a judicial way with him, but in a suppliant manner would entreat him, since his hand was so heavy upon him, Job 9:13-21; he affirms, in direct opposition to Bildad and his friends, and insists upon it, that God afflicts both the righteous and the wicked; yea, gives the earth to the latter when he slays the former, Job 9:22-24; he then observes the shortness of his days, and complains of his heavy afflictions, Job 9:25-28; and concludes, that it was in vain for him to expect his cause to be heard before God, there being no daysman between them; and wishes that the dread of the Divine Majesty might be taken from him, and then he would freely and without fear speak unto him, Job 9:29-35.

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