know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 6. With an equal judgment. Saint Gregory explains these words thus: Job being a just man, and truly considering his own life, thought that his affliction was greater than his sins deserved; and in that respect, that the punishment was not equal, yet it was just, as coming from God, who give a crown of justice to those who suffer for righteousness’ sake, and proves the just with tribulations, as gold is tried by fire. Challoner.—He knew that God would surely give a just reward. 2 Timothy 4. Saint Gregory xiv. 16. Worthington.—The friends of Job had too contracted a notion of Providence, supposing that the virtuous could not be afflicted. Job allowed that the ordinary rules were not here observed. Hebrew “the Lord hath perverted or overthrown me.” Calmet.—This gave him no small uneasiness. If the thing had been as plain as it appears now to us, he might have refuted all with a bare denial. Houbigant.