Lecture ness of death.' Death and its terrors are likened, first, to a
flood of waters ; next, to the fierce and devastating wind from



Chap.xxvii. the desert steppes, of which we read in the details of Job's
ver. 20-2 2. own tragedy; and thirdly, to a storm of arrows launched
on him by God. 'Vain will be his attempts to fly. His
doom is sealed, and he falls amidst universal execration : '
ver." 33. Men shall clap their hands at him,

And shall hiss him out of his place.
The picture, as you see, when once a few patches of obscurity
are removed, is exceedingly vivid and striking. It may well
hang side by side with many such, to be found alike in this
book and in the Psalter.
