7 No fear of me should alarm you, nor should my hand be heavy on you.
7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
7 Behold, no fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy upon you.
7 So let's work this through together; don't let my aggressiveness overwhelm you.
7 Surely no fear of me will terrify you, Nor will my hand be heavy on you.
7 So you don't need to be afraid of me. I won't come down hard on you.
34 someone to remove God's rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.
34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.
34 To break God's death grip on me, to free me from this terror so I could breathe again.
34 Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify me.
34 The mediator could make God stop beating me, and I would no longer live in terror of his punishment.
(Read Job 9:25-35)
What little need have we of pastimes, and what great need to redeem time, when it runs on so fast towards eternity! How vain the enjoyments of time, which we may quite lose while yet time continues! The remembrance of having done our duty will be pleasing afterwards; so will not the remembrance of having got worldly wealth, when it is all lost and gone. Job's complaint of God, as one that could not be appeased and would not relent, was the language of his corruption. There is a Mediator, a Daysman, or Umpire, for us, even God's own beloved Son, who has purchased peace for us with the blood of his cross, who is able to save to the uttermost all who come unto God through him. If we trust in his name, our sins will be buried in the depths of the sea, we shall be washed from all our filthiness, and made whiter than snow, so that none can lay any thing to our charge. We shall be clothed with the robes of righteousness and salvation, adorned with the graces of the Holy Spirit, and presented faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. May we learn the difference between justifying ourselves, and being thus justified by God himself. Let the tempest-tossed soul consider Job, and notice that others have passed this dreadful gulf; and though they found it hard to believe that God would hear or deliver them, yet he rebuked the storm, and brought them to the desired haven. Resist the devil; give not place to hard thoughts of God, or desperate conclusions about thyself. Come to Him who invites the weary and heavy laden; who promises in nowise to cast them out.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 33:7
Commentary on Job 33:1-7
(Read Job 33:1-7)
Job had desired a judge to decide his appeal. Elihu was one according to his wish, a man like himself. If we would rightly convince men, it must be by reason, not by terror; by fair argument, not by a heavy hand.