לפתו ארחות V. 18. The Paths of their Way are turned afide; ] It would be more agreeable to the Rules of Grammar, and to the Context, to render --- THEY PERVERT THE PATHS OF THEIR WAYS. V. 21. For now ye are nothing; - on" nny,] It is very doubtful whether thefe Words will bear that Senfe. is marked in the Maffora for ; and accordingly we read in the Margin of our Bibles -For now ye are like unto them. Heb. to it. But it feems more probable to me, that the true Lection is and; for t is the Particle which usually correfponds to ; and would be particularly suitable here after a Comparison, which continues for fix Verfes. And the Syriac, LXX, and Arabic, feem to have read the Pronoun as here propofed. If this Reading be admitted, the Sense will be- THUS ARE YE NOW TO ME. ye fee my cafting down.] Instead of лn the LXX and Vulgate חתתי read V. 22. Did I fay — ] DID I INDEED SAY? for has that Force here. Rather [ נואש : הלהוכח מלים תחשבו V. 26. Do ye imagine to reprove Words, and the Speeches of one that is defperate, which are as Wind? max minbi Do YE IMAGINE TO REPROVE WORDS, AND TO PUT AWAY THE SPEECHES (COMPLAINTS) OF HIM THAT IS DESPERATE? That is here a Verb, may be concluded from the preceding Hemiftic; and that it has the Signification contended for, or of difperfing and scattering with a Blaft, cannot I think be doubted from the Ufe of the Noun. V. 29. Return, I pray you, let it not be Iniquity; yea, return again, [שבו נא אל תהי עולה - ושבו עוד צדקי בה : .my Righteoufnefs is in it Rather, I think ---RETURN, I PRAY YOU, LEST IT BE INIQUITY: YEA, RETURN AGAIN TO JUSTIFY ME IN THIS. In this Book the Infinitive with the Affix is ufed precifely in this Form, viz. PT, to justify him, and PT to justify thee, Ch. XXXII. 2. XXXIII. 32. : CHAP. VII. V. 2.—and as an Hireling looketh for the Reward of his Work. AND AS AN HIRELING LOOKETH Rather [ וכשכיר יקוה פעלו FOR HIS WAGES. See by thus rendered Lev. XIX. B 13. thine Eyes are upon me, and I am not. TW] As the preceding Hemiftic is expreffed in the future, so I think this fhould also be - viz. THINE EYES fhall be UPON ME: BUT I shall NOT be. It is so rendered in the last Verse of this Chapter; and for the fame Reason. V. 6. furely now he would awake for thee,y qy, any >] Would not the Verby be here more properly rendered, HE WOULD STIR, as in other Places in this Book, and elsewhere? V. 11. — can the Flag grow without Water? :D ba in8 nv] nis here corruptly written for perly rendered, INCREASE, because Hemiftic, grow up. : and it would be more prois tranflated in the preceding - ערנן V. 12. Whilft it is yet in his Greenness, and not cut down, op 18] Rather-SHALL IT NOT BE CUT DOWN, WHILST IT IS YET IN ITS GREENNESS? The Interrogation being supplied, and continued, from the preceding Verfe. Or the Text may be thus WHILST IT IS YET IN GREENNESS, AND NOT CUT DOWN. The LXX read it fo. - עדנו באב ולא יקטף,read [ ולפני כל חציר ייבש : .it witheretb before any other Herb Rather-AND WITHER &c. Our Verfion omits the Copulative Particle. V. 14. Whofe Hope shall be cut off, ] The Sense here given is a good one: but the Words of the Text will not bear it. The following is certainly nearer the Original, viz. WHO WILL DETEST HIS OWN EXPECTATION. V. 17. His Roots are wrapped about the Heap, Rather ABOUT A FOUNTAIN, as in the old Verfion. fignifies a Fountain, Jof. XV. 19. [על גל שרשיו יסבכו גלה Thefe [בית אבנים יחזה : .and Jeeth the Place of Stones Words are so obscure, that the Integrity of the Text may reasonably be questioned. There is no Doubt that the LXX and Vulgate read here and '; from which flight Alteration a better Sense may be deduced, viz. HE LIVETH BETWEEN THE STONES. בין V. 18. If he deftroy him Rather, with our old Ver fion, IF any DESTROY HIM: for God is at too great a Diftance to fuppofe that He is the Antecedent. CHAP. CHA P. IX. V. 3. -be cannot answer him one of a thousand. As is here feminine, which anfwers to the neuter in other Languages, it would be better expreffed here by ONE THING, as in the old Verfion; or adverbially, as ONCE IN A THOUSAND TIMES. V.7. and fealeth up the Stars. :Don' ' ] The Verfion now in Ufe takes no Notice of the Word confiders it as compounded of the Prepofition renders it as UNDER A SIGNET. . The old Verfion and Ty a Witness, and V. 11. Lo, he goetḥ by me, and I fee him not: he passeth on also, &c. "939 ought אראה ויחלף The Words [הן יעבר עלי ולא אראה - ויחלף ונו . for the Pronoun is here ; אראהו - יחלף I think to be read thus wanting, and not the Copulative Particle; as is apparent from our Verfion, which supplies the one, and omits the other. [אם לכה אמיץ הנה -: V. 19. If I fpeak of Strength, lo, he is strong : As the Particle is always put firft in a Sentence; it is probable that it is here a Miftake for or 8, which are generally used in fimilar Cafes. The Particle feems to fignify here IN RESPECT TO, OF IN REGARD OF; and D may be conftrued TRULY, as Pf.CXXXIX. 19. Prov. XXIII. 18. et paffim. Thus moft of the ancient Verfions confidered them. V. 27. -I will leave off my Heaviness: ] I cannot find ever fignifies Heavinefs: it is ufed for ANGER, Lam. IV. 16. which Senfe might be here adopted. that ******] Here are manifeftly and none will be V. 29. If I be wicked, y fome Words wanting to complete the Hemiftic more suitable than those, with which the 27th Verse begins — -IF I SAY. V. 35. ON ,Rather [כי לא כן אנכי עמדי: .but it is not fo toith me with the old Verfion-but BECAUSE 1 am NOT SO, I HOLD ME STILL. being there confidered as the Participle with the paragogic, or as the Infinitive with the Affix of the first Person. CHAP. B 2 CHAP. X. V. 15. and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my Head: 28 828 87 nps] Rather-AND if I BE RIGHTEOUS, SHALL I NOT LIFT UP MY HEAD ? וצדקתי לא אשא ראשי I am full of Confufion; therefore fee thou mine Affliction. va :"y 8 bp] I would connect this Claufe with the preceding one, and fuppofen understood after; in this Senfe- though I be FULL OF CONFUSION, AND THOU SEE MINE AFFLICTION. V. 16. For it increafeth: Thou hunteft me as a fierce Lion: The Hemiftic feems to require that there Words hould [כשחל תצודני be connected; which may perhaps be best done thus-While IT (viz. MINE AFFLICTION) INCREASETH, THOU HUNTEST ME &C. The Syriac feems to have read NIN ON, If I exalt myself. V. 22. A Land of Darkness, as Darkness itself; and of the Shadow of Death, DARKNESS, AS THE DARKNESS OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH. Rather - A LAND OF [ארץ עפתה כמו אפל צלמות CHAP. XI. V..3. - and when thou mockeft, fhall no Man make thee afhamed? AND SHALT The Words fignify literally [ ותלעג ואין מכלס THOU MOCK, AND NO MAN MAKE THEE ASHAMED? V.6. God exacteth of thee less than thine Iniquity deferveth. There Words feem rather to fignify - GoD [ישה לך אלוה מעונך : COVERETH (literally maketh to be forgotten) A PART OF THINE INIQUITY. Thus - Blessed is he whofe Sin is COVERED. Pf. XXXII.1. and LXXXV. 2. Thou hast COVERED all their Sin. See also Prov. X. 12. V. 17. -thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the Morning. a Senfe תעפה How our Verfion came to give [תעפה כבקר תהיה : directly contrary to that which the Verb y, from which it is derived, conftantly has, I cannot imagine. This particular Word occurs no where else: but by its Form must be a Noun, and fignify DARKNESS: There can therefore be no Doubt, that this Hemistic ought thus to be rendered -- rendered THE DARKNESS SHALL BE AS THE MORNING : That is, "thine Affliction shall be converted into Joy." V. 18. AND yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy Reft in Safety, own hom] Rather, I think THOU SHALT SEARCH FOR SAFETY, and BE AT REST. Thus 1 is rendered Ch. III. 21. Deut. I. 22. Josh. II. 2, 3. CHA P. XII. V. 5. He that is ready to flip with his Feet, is as a Lamp defpifed in the Thought of him that is at Eafe. לפיד בון לעשתות שאנן is here confidered as compounded of the לפיד [נכון למועדי רגל: 119 Prepofition and a Misfortune: I would therefore render literally thus To CALAMITY is CONTEMPT, IN THE THOUGHTS OF HIM THAT IS AT EASE, PREPARED FOR THE SLIPPING FOOT which may be thus paraphrased Calamity generally meets with Contempt from the profperous Man, whofe Self-Conceit makes him ready to attribute the Misfortunes of others to Want of Prudence or "Conduct." This was exactly Job's Cafe with his Friends. 66 ובטחות למרגיזי - ; and they that provoke God are Jecure V. 6. Thefe Words fignify literally - AND there is SECURITY TO THEM THAT PROVOKE GOD. לאשר הביא אלוה .into whole Hand God bringeth abundantly 17] There is no Occafion to fupply any Word in the Version, for expreffes the Idea, which is fuppofed to be wanting to complete the Senfe; fignifying Profperity. See Inftances of the prefixed to the Accufative Cafe in Noldius. These Words may therefore be rendered INTO WHOSE HAND GOD BRINGETH PROSPERITY. 113 V. 17. He leadeth Counsellors away spoiled, would be more accurate to render HE LEADETH COUNSELLORS TO BE SPOILED. For is here the Supine, so likewise V. 19. V. 18. He loofeth the Bond of Kings, and girdeth their Loins with a u. ought not [מוסר מלכים - פתח - ויאסר אזור במתניהם: .Girdle this Verse to be thus rendered--- HE CHASTISETH KINGS; HE LOOSETH AND GIRDETH THE ROPE UPON THEIR LOINS? For the |