Job 10:13

"You have granted me life and loving kindness. Your visitation has preserved my spirit."

Key Reflection

In the ancient Near East, the concept of a divine visitation was common, often associated with significant events in one's life. Job 10:13 reflects this context by depicting the Lord as a sovereign who grants life and loving kindness, emphasizing that His providential care preserved Job’s spirit through challenging times. The original audience would have understood this as a statement of God’s ongoing, personal involvement in the lives of His people, ensuring their continued existence even amidst trials.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And these things hast thou hid in thine heart -This may either refer to the arrangements by which God had made him, or to the calamities which he had brought upon him. Most expositors suppose that the latter is intended. Such is the opinion of Rosenmuller, Good, Noyes, and Scott. According to this the idea is, that God had purposed in his heart to bring these calamities upon him. They were a part of his counsel and design. To hide in the heart, or to lay up in the heart, is a phrase expressive of a secret purpose. I see no reason to confine it, however, to the calamities which Job had experienced. It may refer to all the plans and doings of the Most High, to which Job had just referred.

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