Job 33:27-28, Psa 34:18, Isa 57:15 | JFB | STEP | 27. he looketh —God. Rather, with UMBREIT , "Now he ( the restored penitent ) singeth joyfully (answering to "joy," ) before men, and saith," &c. ( ). perverted —made the straight crooked: as Job had misrepresented God's character. profited —literally, "was made even" to me; rather, "My punishment was not commensurate with my sin" (so Zophar, ); the reverse of what Job heretofore said ( ).

Job 33:27-28

27. he looketh—God. Rather, with UMBREIT, "Now he (the restored penitent) singeth joyfully (answering to "joy," Job 33:26; Ps 51:12) before men, and saith," &c. (Pr 25:20; Ps 66:16; 116:14).

perverted—made the straight crooked: as Job had misrepresented God's character.

profited—literally, "was made even" to me; rather, "My punishment was not commensurate with my sin" (so Zophar, Job 11:6); the reverse of what Job heretofore said (Job 16:17; Ps 103:10; Ezr 9:13).

28. (See on Job 33:24); rather, as Hebrew text (English Version reads as the Margin, Hebrew, Keri, "his soul, his life"), "He hath delivered my soul . . . my life." Continuation of the penitent's testimony to the people.

light— (Job 33:30; Job 3:16, 20; Ps 56:13; Ec 11:7).

Psalms 34:18

17, 18. Humble penitents are objects of God's special tender regard (Ps 51:19; Isa 57:15).

Isaiah 57:15

15. The pride and self-righteousness of the Jews were the stumbling block in the way of their acknowledging Christ. The contrition of Israel in the last days shall be attended with God's interposition in their behalf. So their self-humiliation, in Isa 66:2, 5, 10, &c., precedes their final prosperity (Zec 12:6, 10-14); there will, probably, be a previous period of unbelief even after their return (Zec 12:8, 9).