Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 8:3

3. Doth God pervert judgment ? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

Heb. The mighty God, as this word signifies, the Almighty, or Alsufficient God, as the next name of God here implies. These Names are emphatically used, to prove that God cannot deal unjustly or falsly with men, because he hath no need of it, nor temptation to it, being self-sufficient for his own happiness, and being able by his own invincible power to do whatsoever pleaseth him; unless men will impudently say, that God doth falsly for meer love to falshood, without any necessity of it, or advantage to himself by it; than which nothing can be more absurd and ridiculous: for this makes him worse than the vilest of men, who act unjustly and falsly because they cannot otherwise accomplish their designs.

i. e. Overthrow the course of Justice in giving judgment; or, judge unrighteously? No, this is inconsistent with God's Nature, which is essentially and necessarily just, and with his Office of Governour of the World, Gen. 18. 25.

Marginal references: Gen. 18. 25. Deut. 32. 4. Cap. 34. 17. 2 Chron. 19. 7. Dan. 9. 14. Rom. 3. 5.