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John Trapp on Job 9:19

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Job9:19

Verſe 19. If I ſpeak of ſtrength, lo he is ſtrong] Neither by might nor right can I deal with him: Broughton renders it, As for force, he is valiant; the Lord is a man of warre, ſaith Moſes, Exod. 15.3. Yea, he is the Lord of arms. ſaith David, Pſal. 84. Yea, He alone is a whole army of men, Van & Rere both, ſaith Iſaiah cap. 52.12. there is no doubt then, but he will carry the day, ſith no creature is able to grapple with him. The weakneſſe of God (if any ſuch thing there were) is ſtronger then men, 1 Cor. 1.25. and by weakeſt means, he can effect greateſt matters, as once he did in Egypt.

And if of judgment, who ſhall ſet me a time to plead?] Who ſhall appoint the time and place of our meeting? If I ſhall go about to ſue him at law, I ſhall have but a cold ſuit, an ill pull of it: for who ſhall make him appear, or bring him to his anſwer? and where ſhall I find an advocate, a patron to plead my cauſe? yea, where ſhall I get a witneſſe? for ſo the vulgar reades it, Nemo audet pro me restimonium dicere: No man will be ſo bold as to give an evidence for me, or be a witneſſe on my ſide.

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