7 "Now gird up your loins like a man ; I will ask you, and you instruct Me. 8 "Will you really annul My judgment ? Will you condemn Me that you may be justified ? 9 "Or do you have an arm like God , And can you thunder with a voice like His? 10 " Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity , And clothe yourself with honor and majesty . 11 "Pour out the overflowings of your anger , And look on everyone who is proud , and make him low . 12 "Look on everyone who is proud , and humble him, And tread down the wicked where they stand . 13 " Hide them in the dust together ; Bind them in the hidden place. 14 "Then I will also confess to you, That your own right hand can save you.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 40:7-14
Commentary on Job 40:6-14
(Read Job 40:6-14)
Those who profit by what they have heard from God, shall hear more from him. And those who are truly convinced of sin, yet need to be more thoroughly convinced and more humbled. No doubt God, and he only, has power to humble and bring down proud men; he has wisdom to know when and how to do it, and it is not for us to teach him how to govern the world. Our own hands cannot save us by recommending us to God's grace, much less rescuing us from his justice; and therefore into his hand we must commit ourselves. The renewal of a believer proceeds in the same way of conviction, humbling, and watchfulness against remaining sin, as his first conversion. When convinced of many evils in our conduct, we still need convincing of many more.