271 And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith:— 2 God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty—He made my soul bitter. 3 For all the while my breath 'is' in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils. 4 My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit. 5 Pollution to me—if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me. 6 On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 27:1-6
Commentary on Job 27:1-6
(Read Job 27:1-6)
Job's friends now suffered him to speak, and he proceeded in a grave and useful manner. Job had confidence in the goodness both of his cause and of his God; and cheerfully committed his cause to him. But Job had not due reverence when he spake of God as taking away his judgment, and vexing his soul. To resolve that our hearts shall not reproach us, while we hold fast our integrity, baffles the designs of the evil spirit.