Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 27:6

6. My righteousness I hold fast , and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live .

Heb. I have held fast, i. e. I have not only begun well, but continued in well doing; which is a plain Evidence that I am no hypocrite. Or, the past tense is put for the future, as is usual, I will [illegible: 1 word] fast, declaratively, as before, I will maintain it, that howsoever you calumniate me, I am a righteous person.

i. e. My Conscience, as the [illegible: 1 word] is oft used, as 1 Sam 24. 5. & 25. 31, Ezek. 14. 5. 1 Iob. 3. 20, 21▪

Either 1. with betraying my own cause and innocency, and speaking what I know to be false, to wit, that I am an hypocrite. Or 2. for my former impiety or hypocrisie, wherewith you charge me.

Heb. From, or for, or concerning my days, i. e. the time of my Life, whether past or to come: Or the course of my Life, days, or times being put here, as it is elsewhere, for actions done in them by a Metonymy.

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