Behold, I cry out of wrong
Or of "violence" F13, or injury done him by the Sabeans
and Chaldeans upon his substance, and by Satan upon his health;
this he cried out and complained of in prayer to God, and of it
as it were in open court, as a violation of justice, and as being
dealt very unjustly with:
but I am not heard;
his prayer was not heard; he could get no relief, nor any redress
of his grievances, nor any knowledge of the reasons of his being
thus used; see ( Habakkuk 1:2
) ;
I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment;
notwithstanding his vehement and importunate requests; and which
were repeated time after time, that there might be a hearing of
his cause; that it might be searched into and tried, that his
innocence might be cleared, and justice done him, and vengeance
taken on those that wronged him; but he could not obtain it;
there was no time appointed for judgment, no court of judicature
set, nor any to judge. Now seeing this was the case, that the
hand of God was in all his afflictions; that he had complained to
him of the injury done him; and that he had most earnestly
desired his cause might be heard, and the reasons given why he
was thus used, but could get no answer to all this; therefore it
became them to be cautious and careful of what they said
concerning the dealings of God with him, and to what account they
placed them; of which he gives a particular enumeration in the
following verses.