13 Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.
Far `is' Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth.
And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.
ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend `it'.
Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart. If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents. So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering. And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver `is' strength to thee. For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face, Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.
I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider me.
He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.
Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer `is' an abomination.
Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil. Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few. For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.
To Me they cry, `My God, we -- Israel -- have known Thee.' Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him.
For though ye cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, I am not pleased, And the peace-offering of your fatlings I behold not.
and he said to her, `What wilt thou?' She saith to him, `Say, that they may sit -- these my two sons -- one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.' And Jesus answering said, `Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?' They say to him, `We are able.'
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Commentary on Job 35 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 35
Job being still silent, Elihu follows his blow, and here, a third time, undertakes to show him that he had spoken amiss, and ought to recant. Three improper sayings he here charges him with, and returns answer to them distinctly:-
Job 35:1-8
We have here,
Job 35:9-13
Elihu here returns an answer to another word that Job had said, which, he thought, reflected much upon the justice and goodness of God, and therefore ought not to pass without a remark. Observe,
Job 35:14-16
Here is,