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Job 9:4
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2 “Truly I know it is so,
But how can a aman be brighteous before God? 
3 If one wished to1 contend with Him,
He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand. 
4 aGod is wise in heart and mighty in strength.
Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered? 
5 He removes the mountains, and they do not know
When He overturns them in His anger;
6 He ashakes the earth out of its place,
And its bpillars tremble; 
7 He commands the sun, and it does not rise;
He seals off the stars;
8 aHe alone spreads out the heavens,
And1 treads on the waves of the sea; 
9 aHe made1 the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
And the chambers of the south; 
10 aHe does great things past finding out,
Yes, wonders without number. 
11 aIf He goes by me, I do not see Him;
If He moves past, I do not perceive Him; 
12 aIf He takes away,1 who can hinder Him?
Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’ 
13 God will not withdraw His anger,
aThe allies of1 the proud lie prostrate beneath Him. 
14 “How then can I answer Him,
And choose my words to reason with Him?
Commentaries:
John Wesley's Notes
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Job 9:4

He - He is infinitely wise, and searcheth all mens hearts and ways, and discovers a multitude of sins which mens short sighted - eyes cannot see; and therefore can charge them with innumerable evils, where they thought themselves innocent, and sees far more malignity than men could discern in their sins. Mighty - So that whether men contend with God by wisdom or by strength: God will be conqueror. Hardened himself - Obstinately contended with him. The devil promised himself that Job in the day of his affliction, would curse and speak ill of God. But instead of that, he sets himself to honour God, and speak highly of him. As ill pained as he is, and as much as he is taken up with his own miseries, when he has occasion to mention the wisdom and power of God, he forgets his complaints and expatiates with a flood of eloquence on that glorious subject.


 
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