(7) В¶ Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Job in this verse reminds his friends of the very different state of the wicked. It is as if he had said, If according to your judgment, that my GOD is visiting me with such peculiar calamities, for some very heavy and peculiar transgressions, can you explain to me upon the same principles, how it is that the wicked have become old in their carnal prosperity, and continue, to the very close of a long life, prosperous in the world? The same enquiry hath occupied the minds of reflecting men in all ages. It is only the gospel of JESUS which gives a satisfactory answer. Jeremiah 12:1-3.