An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

Vers. 11. Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven. Vers. 12. There they cry (but none giveth answer) because of the pride of evil men. Vers. 13. Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

Vers. 11. Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowles of heaven. Vers. 12. There they cry (but none giveth answer) because of the pride of evil men. Vers. 13. Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

Elihu proceeds in assigning a second reason to heighten their sin, who being in distress, say not, Where is God my maker? or he giveth a further account, why the Lord doth not presently attend to the prayers and cries of some men under great oppression. He had showed in the former verse one reason of the Lords forbearance to help them in such distresses, they did not say heartily, Where is God our maker? nor did they remember him according to the special benefits which they sometimes had received from God, even songs in the night.

Elihu proceeds in assigning a second reason to highten their sin, who being in distresse, say not, Where is God my maker? or he giveth a further account, why the Lord doth not presently attend to the prayers and crys of some men under great oppression. He had shewed in the former verse one reason of the Lords forbearance to help them in such distresses, they did not say heartily, Where is God our maker? nor did they remember him according to the special benefits which they sometimes had received from God, even songs in the night.

In this 11th verse, Elihu aggravates the sin of such oppressed persons by the consideration of that light, & understanding wherewith God hath endued, and enriched man above the irrational creatures,