John Trapp on Job 36:6
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Job36:6
Verſe 6. He preſerveth not the life of the wicked] He is no ſuch friend to them (though he be good to the godly) he greatly careth not what becomes of them. Their life they hold of him, and many good things beſides; for he is the Saviour (or Preſerver) of all men, but eſpecially of them that believe. But he ſuffereth not the wicked to live (as the Hebrew here hath it) he withdraweth them not from the hand of Juſtice, he bindeth not them up in the bundle of life, he reckoneth them not among the living in Jeruſalem, among the firſt born, whoſe names are written in heaven: he many times ſlayeth them with his owne hand, and cutteth them ſhort in righteouſneſſe: Or if not ſo, yet their preſervation is but a reſervation, &c.
But giveth right to the poor] Or, To the afflicted. For poverty is an affliction, and ſubjecteth a man to many injuries; Zeph. 3.12. they are an afflicted and poor people, but truſting in the name of the Lord, they ſhall be relieved and righted, not ſo ſoon perhaps as themſelves would, nor yet ſo long hence as their Oppreſſours would. In the Mount will the Lord be ſeen, who as he ſeldome comes at our times, ſo he never failes his owne time. Meane while this comfort they have:
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