Matthew Poole Commentary - Job 23:3

Matthew Poole Commentary - Job 23:3 - 23:3

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Job 23:3 - 23:3

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23:3 - 23:3
23:4 - 23:4
23:5 - 23:5
23:6 - 23:6
23:7 - 23:7
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Where I might find him, to wit, God, as his friends well knew, and the thing itself showeth. Thou biddest me acquaint myself with him, Job_22:21. I desire nothing more than his acquaintance and presence; but, alas, he hides his face from me that I cannot see him, nor come near him.

To his seat, i.e. to his throne or judgment-seat, to plead my cause before him, as it here follows, Job_22:4, not upon terms of strict justice, but upon those terms of grace and mercy upon which God is pleased to deal with his sinful creatures: see before, Job_9:34,35 16:21 17:3. And this my confidence may be some evidence that I am not such a gross hypocrite as you imagine me to be.