For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
The book of Job is a poem whose meaning is grasped more fully when the whole book is read together, and this verse is part of that poem. It falls within the extended debate between Job and his three friends about his afflictions, running from chapter 4 to chapter 31. More particularly, it belongs to the colloquies in chapters 3 to 31 between Job and his three friends on the cause and object of human suffering, and it is Job's own speech.
Job spoke it while knowing his own integrity yet unable to understand God's dealings with him, without charging God foolishly. In it he complains about his suffering while maintaining that afflictions are no proof of sin, showing that suffering can come upon a thoroughly good man apart from God's displeasure, and the complaint does not establish his guilt. In allowing this suffering God saw the end from the beginning and was working out what would glorify Himself forever after, give comfort and hope to thousands of suffering ones, and prove a blessing to Job.
The book of Job is a poem whose meaning is grasped more fully when the whole book is read together, and this verse is part of that poem. It falls within the extended debate between Job and his three friends about his afflictions, running from chapter 4 to chapter 31. More particularly, it belongs to the colloquies in chapters 3 to 31 between Job and his three friends on the cause and object of human suffering, and it is Job's own speech.
Job spoke it while knowing his own integrity yet unable to understand God's dealings with him, without charging God foolishly. In it he complains about his suffering while maintaining that afflictions are no proof of sin, showing that suffering can come upon a thoroughly good man apart from God's displeasure, and the complaint does not establish his guilt. In allowing this suffering God saw the end from the beginning and was working out what would glorify Himself forever after, give comfort and hope to thousands of suffering ones, and prove a blessing to Job.