And if they be bound in fetters - That is, if the righteous are thrown into prison, and are subjected to oppressions and trials, or…

And if [they be] bound in fetters
Not the wicked, as the Targum, but the righteous spoken of in ([Reference Job 36:7…

Elihu here shows that God acts as righteous Governor. He is always ready to defend those who are injured. If our eye is always toward God in duty, …

Elihu wanted to argue against two points he found in Job's words: first, Job's claim that he was righteous, and second, his accusation that God's j…