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JOB. Chap. 34. Vers. 20, 21, 22.In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be trou∣bled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hands.
For his eyes are upon the wayes of man, and he seeth all his doings.
There is no darkness nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
IN these three verses Elihu doth two things principally; First, He sets forth the judgements of God; Secondly, He gives an account of the equity of them. He sets forth the judgements of God,
First, More generally, Upon People and Nations.
Secondly, Upon Princes and Governours; All this in the 20th verse. And in this judgement of God upon Nations, we may take notice,
First, Of the nature of it, and how it is described: and that is laid down three wayes. First, They shall die. Secondly, They shall be troubled. Thirdly, They shall pass away. Under these No∣tions the judgement of God upon People and Nations is exprest.
Secondly, We may here consider the suddenness of all this, In a moment they shall die.
Thirdly, We may consider the season, (or rather as to man, the unseasonableness) of it, it shall be (though in a dreaming time) when they little dream of it; The people shall be troubled at mid∣night. Thus we have the judgement or sad dispensation of God described in this 20th verse, both as to the acts of it, and likewise as to the manner of it upon the people.
Elihu having shewed the judgement of God upon the people in the former part of this 20th verse, declares also his judgement upon the Princes in the latter end of it; The mighty shall be taken away without hand. Where we see, First, How Princes are expres∣sed or called, They are the mighty. Secondly, What kinde of judgement befalleth them, They are taken away. Thirdly, The manner how this is brought about, They are taken away without hand.