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I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
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A Courtroom Appeal to God
Commentators explain that Job uses legal language, wanting to "order his cause" and "fill his mouth with arguments" as if in a courtroom. He isn't trying to justify himself for salvation, but to vindicate his character against the false accusations of his friends, appealing to God as the ultimate just judge.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I would order my cause before him - Compare the notes at Isaiah 43:26. That is, I would arrange my arguments, or plead my cause, as…
19th Century
Baptist
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I would order [my] cause before him Either, as a praying person, direct his prayer to him, and set it in order befor…
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Job appeals from his friends to the just judgment of God. He wants to have his cause tried quickly. Blessed be God, we may know where to find Him. …
13th Century
Catholic
In his discourse, Eliphaz proposed two charges against Job (Job 27:5, 12): first, that he had been punished because of his very great e…
