that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 30. People. A hypocrite denotes one infected with all sorts of crimes. S. Iræn. verse 24. Such a king is sometimes given to punish a wicked people. Ose. 13:11. Isaiah 3:4. This sense is beautiful, and followed by the Chal. Septuagint and so forth We may explain the Hebrew in like manner, by neglecting the Masoretic points. Calmet.—Prot. “That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.” Bible.—Hebrew “He overturns the throne of hypocrites, on account of the scandal of the people,” or “he delivers the people from servitude.” The sense of the Vulg. seems preferable. Calmet.—Eliu insinuates that Job had been a hypocrite and an oppressor; but God exculpates him. Worthington.