Job 34:29 When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him?… I. THE DOCTRINE ON THE SUBJECT. God is the supreme and only disposer of all human affairs. This doctrine is not laid down formally, but taken for granted. It forms the ground of Elihu's appeal. Many will not admit that God interferes in the affairs of this or that particular person. But this objection to the doctrine of particular providence proceeds, not from doubt about the doctrine, but from dislike to it. In the government of the world, God not only rules, but overrules. God, in the government of the world, feels toward it, not merely the interest of a creator and contriver of means to an end, but the far more tender and compassionate regard of a Redeemer. II. THE DUTIES WHICH AROSE OUT OF THE DOCTRINE. 1. The Christian duty of faithful dependence on God. 2. The Christian duty of reverential fear of Him. (F. C. Clark, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: |
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