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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 35 › Verses 9-13
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The first Interpretation gives it to the oppressors, to the mighty men before spoken of; They make the oppressed to cry by reason of the multitude of oppressions; but none of these mighty oppressors say, Where is God my maker, that giveth songs in the night? Thus the verse is translated quite through, with respect to wicked oppressors, who cast God out of their thoughts, never saying, Where is God my maker, who hath set me up, who hath given me this power, and given me songs, (that is, occasions of joy) in the night? The wicked have abundance, they can feast it and sing it day and night, yet mind not God the fountain and bestower of all. This is a truth in it self; and because the interpretation is insisted upon by some as the truth intended in the present Text,
Take this Note from it.
Oppressors put away the thoughts of God, or mind not God, when they do, or are about to do, mischief.
They make the oppressed cry, but they say not, Where is God? They neither speak nor think of God, who hath clothed them with power, and made their arm mighty. We find this frame frequently ascribed in Scripture to oppressors; Elihu chargeth Job with it, (Chap. 22d) where having told him to his face, of many acts of oppression; Thou hast stripped the naked of their clothing, (v. 6.) Thou hast withholden bread from the hungry, (v. 7.) And the arms of the fatherless have been broken, (v. 9.) Having (I say) reckoned up these his supposed oppressions, he concludes,