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justify you--approve of your views. mine integrity--which you deny, on account of my misfortunes.
judgment--my right. Job's own words (Job 13:18; 27:2).
lighten mine eyes--dim with weakness, denoting approaching death (compare 1Sa 14:27-29; Ps 6:7; 38:10).
With God's presence and aid he is sure of safety (Ps 10:6; 15:5; Joh12:27, 28; Heb 5:7, 8).
given me the necks--literally, "backs of the necks"; made them retreat (Ex 23:27; Jos 7:8).
(Compare Ps 35:27). love thy salvation--delight in its bestowal on others as well as themselves.
hidden ones--whom God specially protects (Ps 27:5; 91:1).
eyes lofty--a sign of pride (Ps 18:27). exercise myself--literally, "walk in," or "meddle with."
serve...till it--The same Hebrew root expresses "serve" and "till," or "cultivate." Serve ye the king of Babylon, and the land will serve you [Calvin].
(Eze 23:27). that all...may be taught not to do, &c.--(De 13:11).
lamentation--a funeral dirge, eulogizing her great attributes, to make the contrast the greater between her former and her latter state.
falling headlong, &c.--This information supplements, but by no means contradicts, what is said in Mt 27:5.
put it under the compass of the altar beneath--that is, the grating in which they were carried to a clean place (Le 4:12).
Maharai--chief of the detachment of the guards who attended on the king in the tenth month, January (1Ch 27:13; 2Sa 23:28).
dust...clay--images of multitudes (Zec 9:3). Many changes of raiment are a chief constituent of wealth in the East.
Hide not, &c.--(Ps 4:6; 22:24). Against rejection he pleads former mercy and love.
Wait, &c.--in confident expectation. The last clause is, literally, "and wait," &c., as if expecting new measures of help.
speaketh--literally, "breathes out," habitually speaks (Ps 27:12; Ac 9:1).
It is folly to be fond of being praised; it is a temptation to pride.
Excessive zeal in praising raises suspicions of selfishness.(Compare Pr 19:13). very...day--literally, "a day of showers."
The success of ungodly men is their own misery.
(Compare Pr 26:27).At the time when Israel shall be delivered, and the ungodly nations punished, God shall punish also the great enemy of the Church.
stirreth--rouseth himself from spiritual drowsiness. take hold--(Isa 27:5).
until I have consumed them by his hand--until by these consuming visitations I have brought them under his power.