7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
7 "Dress for action
7 "I have some more questions for you, and I want straight answers. 8 "Do you presume to tell me what I'm doing wrong? Are you calling me a sinner so you can be a saint?
7 "Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me: 8 "Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
7 "Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them. 8 "Will you discredit my justice and condemn me just to prove you are right?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 40:7-8
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.