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x.xviii.xxxvii-p38.3

x.xviii.xxxvii-p38.3109 words

22-25. God is not to be impiously arraigned, but to be praised for His might, shown in His works.

exalteth—rather, doeth lofty things, shows His exalted power [Umbreit] (Ps 21:13).

teacheth—(Ps 94:12, &c.). The connection is, returning to Job 36:5, God's "might" is shown in His "wisdom"; He alone can teach; yet, because He, as a sovereign, explains not all His dealings, forsooth Job must presume to teach Him (Isa 40:13, 14; Ro 11:34; 1Co 2:16). So the transition to Job 36:23 is natural. Umbreit with the Septuagint translates, "Who is Lord," wrongly, as this meaning belongs to later Hebrew.