Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 34:31

31. Surely it is meet to be said unto God , I have born chastisement , I will not offend any more .

Certainly it is but fit and reasonable that Man should say thus, to his Maker and Supream Lord▪ and that instead of contending with God he should submit to him, Or (which comes to the same thing) But hath he said? So the sence is, I have shewed the absolute power which God hath over all his Creatures, and that he may justly, and doth o[illegible: 1+ letters]times severely punish all sorts of men as he sees fit: And this Iob should have applied to his own case. But, I appeal to all of you, hath he, i. e. Iob (who is the principal subject of this whole discour[illegible: 1+ letters]e, and [illegible: 1+ letters]o whom he now begins to direct his discourse) said, that which here follows? which is a kind of form of confession or humiliation, which E[illegible: 1+ letters]ihu puts into Iob's mouth, as fit to have been used by him. Nay, hath not his speech and carriage been of a directly contrary nature and tendency? In stead of humbling himself under God's hand which was his duty, hath he not been full of murmurings and complaints against God?

Unto one so much thy Superiour, so mighty and so righteous in all his wa[illegible: 1+ letters]s: with such an one, a weak and sinful Creature (as thou art) should not presume to contest.

Or, I do, or shall bear it, to wit, quietly and contentedly; I will bear the Lords indignation, and accept of the punishment of my own iniquity, and not accuse God falsly and foolishly, as I have done.

Heb. I will not corrupt, to wit, my self or my ways; which is oft understood in like cases. Or, I will take or demand no Pledge: for so this Verb is oft used. So the sence may possibly be, I confess I have been too bold with God in desiring that he would come with me into judgment, and that I could have a Pledge or Surety that he would do so, but I will no longer desire it, but submit my self wholly to him.