Job 33:8-13

⁸ "Surely you have spoken in my hearing , And I have heard the sound of your words : ⁹ 'I am pure , without transgression ; I am innocent and there is no guilt in me. ¹⁰ 'Behold , He invents pretexts against me; He counts me as His enemy . ¹¹ 'He puts my feet in the stocks ; He watches all my paths .' ¹² "Behold , let me tell you, you are not right in this , For God is greater than man . ¹³ "Why do you complain against Him That He does not give an account of all His doings ?

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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 33:8-13

Commentary on Job 33:8-13

(Read Job 33:8-13)

Elihu charges Job with reflecting upon the justice and goodness of God. When we hear any thing said to God's dishonour, we ought to bear our testimony against it. Job had represented God as severe in marking what he did amiss. Elihu urges that he had spoken wrong, and that he ought to humble himself before God, and by repentance to unsay it. God is not accountable to us. It is unreasonable for weak, sinful creatures, to strive with a God of infinite wisdom, power, and goodness. He acts with perfect justice, wisdom, and goodness, where we cannot perceive it.