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Job 21:5
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3 Bear with me that I may speak,
And after I have spoken, keep amocking. 
4 “As for me, is my complaint against man?
And if it were, why should I not be impatient?
5 Look at me and be astonished;
aPut your hand over your mouth. 
6 Even when I remember I am terrified,
And trembling takes hold of my flesh.
7 aWhy do the wicked live and become old,
Yes, become mighty in power? 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Job 21:5

Mark me, and be astonished - Consider and compare the state in which I was once, with that in which I am now; and be astonished at the judgments and dispensations of God. You will then be confounded; you will put your hands upon your mouths, and keep silent. Putting the hand on the mouth, or the finger on the lips, was the token of silence. The Egyptian god Harpocrates, who was the god of silence, is represented with his finger compressing his upper lip.


 
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