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Job 25
1¶ Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2Dominion and fear [are] with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
3Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
4How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean [that is] born of a woman?
5Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
6How much less man, [that is] a worm? and the son of man, [which is] a worm?
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Angel (A Spirit): A Celestial Spirit: Innumerable Job 25:3
Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
Angels are Innumerable Job 25:3
Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
Bildad: One of Job's Friends Job 25:1
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Depravity of Man: General Scriptures Concerning Job 25:4–6
How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure? / If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight, / how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
God: Glory of Job 25:3
Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
God: Holiness of Job 25:5
If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
God: Sovereign Job 25:2
“Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.
Humility: General Scriptures Concerning Job 25:5, 6
If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight, / how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
Insects: Earthworm Job 25:6
how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
Job: A Man Who Lived in Uz: Complaints of, and Replies by his Three Friends To Job 25:1
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Justification Before God: Under Law: Man Cannot Attain To Job 25:4
How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
Light: Diffusive Job 25:3
Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
Man: Called: A Worm Job 25:6
how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
Man: Cannot be Just with God Job 25:4
How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
Man: Insignificance of Job 25:4–6
How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure? / If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight, / how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
Moon: Darkening of Job 25:5
If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
Sin: All Men are Conceived and Born In Job 25:4
How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
The Fall of Man: Man in Consequence of Born in Sin Job 25:4
How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
The Stars: Impure in the Sight of God Job 25:5
If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
Worm: Figurative Job 25:6
how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
Worms Job 25:6
how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
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Job 25:1-22 The general tone of this Psalm is that of prayer for help
from enemies. Distress, however, exciting a sense of sin, humble confession, supplication for pardon, preservation from sin, and divine guidance, are prominent topics.
Job 25:1 Verse 1
lift up my soul--(Ps 24:4; 86:4), set my affections (compare Col 3:2).
Job 25:1-6 Bildad's Reply.
He tries to show Job's rashness (Job 23:3), by arguments borrowed from Eliphaz (Job 15:15, with which compare Job 11:17.
Job 25:2 Verse 2
not be ashamed--by disappointment of hopes of relief.
Job 25:2 Verse 2
Power and terror, that is, terror-inspiring power. peace in his high places--implying that His power is such on high as to quell all opposition, not merely there, but on earth also. The Holy Ghost here shadowed forth Gospel truths (Col 1:20; Eph 1:10).
Job 25:3 Verse 3
The prayer generalized as to all who wait on God--that is, who expect His favor. On the other hand, the disappointment of the perfidious, who, unprovoked, have done evil, is invoked (compare 2Sa 22:9).
Job 25:3 Verse 3
armies--angels and stars (Isa 40:26; Jer 33:22; Ge 15:5; "countless," Da 7:10). his light--(Jas 1:17).
Job 25:4-5 Verses 4-5
On the ground of former favor, he invokes divine guidance, according to God's gracious ways of dealing and faithfulness.
Job 25:4 Verse 4
(Job 4:17, 18; 14:4; 15:14).
Job 25:5 Verse 5
"Look up even unto the moon" (Job 15:15). "Stars" here answer to "saints" (angels) there; "the moon" here to "the heavens" there. Even the "stars," the most dazzling object to man's eye, and the angels, of which the stars are emblems (Job 4:18; Re 9:1), are imperfect in His sight. Theirs is the light and purity but of creatures; His of the Creator.
Job 25:6-7 Verses 6-7
Confessing past and present sins, he pleads for mercy, not on palliations of sin, but on God's well-known benevolence.
Job 25:6 Verse 6
(Job 4:19-21; 15:16). worm ... worm--Two distinct Hebrew words. The first, a worm bred in putridity; alluding to man's corruption. The second a crawling worm; implying that man is weak and grovelling.
Job 25:8-9 Verses 8-9
upright--acting according to His promise. sinners--the general term, limited by the meek--who are penitent. the way--and his way--God's way of providence.
Job 25:9 Verse 9
in judgment--rightly.
Job 25:10 Verse 10
paths--similar sense--His modes of dealing (compare Ps 25:4). mercy and truth--(Job 14:1-22), God's grace in promising and faithfulness in performing.
Job 25:11 Verse 11
God's perfections of love, mercy, goodness, and truth are manifested (his name, compare Ps 9:10) in pardoning sin, and the greatness of sin renders pardon more needed.
Job 25:12-13 Verses 12-13
What he asks for himself is the common lot of all the pious.
Job 25:13 Verse 13
inherit the earth--(compare Mt 5:5). The phrase, alluding to the promise of Canaan, expresses all the blessings included in that promise, temporal as well as spiritual.
Job 25:14 Verse 14
The reason of the blessing explained--the pious enjoy communion with God (compare Pr 3:21, 12), and, of course, learn His gracious terms of pardon.
Job 25:15 Verse 15
His trust in God is fixed. net--is frequently used as a figure for dangers by enemies (Ps 9:15; 10:9). 16-19. A series of earnest appeals for aid because God had seemed to desert him (compare Ps 13:1; 17:13, &c.), his sins oppressed him, his enemies had enlarged his troubles and were multiplied, increasing in hate and violence (Ps 9:8; 18:48).
Job 25:20 Verse 20
keep my soul--(Ps 16:1). put my trust--flee for refuge (Ps 2:12).
Job 25:21 Verse 21
In conscious innocence of the faults charged by his enemies, he confidently commits his cause to God. Some refer-- integrity, &c.--to God, meaning His covenant faithfulness. This sense, though good, is an unusual application of the terms.
Job 25:22 Verse 22
Extend these blessings to all Thy people in all their distresses. PSALM 26