Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 3. Is it good unto thee ] Surely it can be no gratification to thee to distress the children of men, as if thou didst despise the work of thy own hands.
And shine upon the counsel ] For by my afflictions the harsh judgments of the wicked will appear to be confirmed: viz., that God regards not his most fervent worshippers; and it is no benefit to lead a religious life.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-7 - Job, being weary of his life, resolves to complain, but he will no charge God with unrighteousness. Here is a prayer that he might be delivered from the sting of his afflictions, which is sin. When God afflicts us, he contends with us; when he contends with us, there is always a reason; and it is desirable to know the reason, that we ma repent of and forsake the sin for which God has a controversy with us But when, like Job, we speak in the bitterness of our souls, we increase guilt and vexation. Let us harbour no hard thoughts of God; we shall hereafter see there was no cause for them. Job is sure that God does not discover things, nor judge of them, as men do; therefore he thinks it strange that God continues him under affliction, as if he must take time to inquire into his sin.
Original Hebrew הטוב2896 לך כי3588 תעשׁק6231 כי3588 תמאס3988 יגיע3018 כפיך3709 ועל5921 עצת6098 רשׁעים7563 הופעת׃3313
