Matthew Henry Commentary Job 35:14-16

"How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him! But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance; Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge." — Job 35:14-16 (ASV)

As in prosperity we are ready to think our mountain will never be brought low; so when in adversity, we are ready to think our valley will never be filled up. But to conclude that tomorrow must be like today is as absurd as to think that the weather, whether fair or foul, will always be so. When Job looked up to God, he had no reason to speak despairingly.

There is a day of judgment, when all that seems amiss will be found to be right, and all that seems dark and difficult will be cleared up and set straight. And if there is Divine wrath in our troubles, it is because we quarrel with God, are fretful, and distrust Divine Providence. This was Job's case.

Elihu was directed by God to humble Job, for in some things he had both opened his mouth in vain and multiplied words without knowledge. Let us be admonished, in our afflictions, not so much to set forth the greatness of our suffering, as the greatness of the mercy of God.