And seeth under the whole heaven ;
' Or, When « To make a weight for the wind ; 25

he maketh yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.
When he made a decree for the rain, 26

And a way for the lightning of the thunder :
' Or, Then did he see it, and ' declare it ; 27

recount jjg established it, yea, and searched it out.
And unto man he said, 38

Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom ;

And to depart from evil is understanding.
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LECTURE IX.
CHAPTERS XXVI— XXVIII.
yoVs long Monologue.
We enter to-day on Job's last speech, the longest and the Lecture
most deliberate of all his utterances. He will pause in its -^^^

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course once and again, to give his friends an opening for q-^ ^^^
leply. But they have exhausted, as I reminded you, their
arguments, and will stand aside, if not helpless and dis-
concerted, at all events silenced. And through six chapters.
Job will pour forth his soul in a prolonged strain, portions of
which may appear at first sight tangled and obscure, but
which, when carefully read, will be seen, I think, to grow and
grow in interest, till its last word is spoken — till one short
clause, the words of Job are ended, marks its close. I shall not
for a moment disguise from you the difficulties which will
meet us, in one or two places, in following the thread of what
he says. I may not be able to remove them, but I shall
certainly not make light of them, or pass them by in silence.
