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Job_11:14 If iniquity [be] in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Ver. 14. If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away] Cast away all thy transgressions, and throw thy lusts out of service, hands lifted up in prayer must be pure, 1Ti_2:8, for the fountain of goodness will not be laden at with foul hands, Isa_1:15-16. Good therefore is the counsel of Jeremiah, Jer_4:14, and of St James, Jam_4:8. The priests had their laver to wash in before they sacrificed, and their brazen altar to offer on before they burnt incense. He that comes to pray, having not first purged himself of all filthiness of flesh and spirit, doth (say the Jewish doctors) as he that cometh to offer a clean beast, but holds an unclean one in his hand. By iniquity in the hand here Beza and others understand wrong dealing, either by fraud or force, by strength or sleight of hand; and their Zophar presseth Job to restitution: Away with it, saith he, send it home to the right owner; else you will cough in hell, and the devils will laugh at you, saith Latimer.
And let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles] i.e. In thy family, and wherever else thou hast to do. I and my house will serve the Lord, saith Joshua; I and my maids, saith Esther, Jos_24:15 Est_4:16. David’s care for the reforming and well ordering of his household, and of his whole kingdom. Psa_101:1-8 Such a man is really as he is relatively. Those governors of families and countries show themselves perfect strangers to the practice of repentance, who make no other use of their servants and subjects than they do of their beasts; while they may have their bodies to do their service, they care not if their souls serve the devil. This will lay heavy one day.