Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 17:9

9. The righteous also shall hold on his way , and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger .

i. e. Shall persist in that good way into which he hath entred, an[illegible: 1+ letters] not be turned from it by any afflictions, which may befall himself or any other good men, nor by any contempt or reproach cast upon them by the ungodly, by reason thereof.

i. e. Whose life and the course of his Actions is holy and righteous; which is a sign that his heart also is pure and perfect.

Shall not be shaken and discouraged by the grievous afflictions of the godly, nor by the bitter censures and reproaches of Hypocrites, or wicked men, cast upon them for that cause, but will be confirmed thereby, and made more constant and resolute in cleaving to God, and his ways, and People, in spight of all difficulties and miseries.

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