Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Ver. 12. Yea, surely God will not do wickedly] This must be laid down for a certain truth, and is, therefore, so reiterated. Job had said as much to this purpose as Elihu could do; but then he had seemingly dashed all again with his inconsiderate complaints and murmurings. This Elihu could not bear, but again and again celebrateth the righteousness of God; and when he hath said his utmost, seemeth to say, as Cicero once did of Crassus and Antony, the Roman orators, That if any man think he had said too much in commendation of them, he must needs be such a one as either knew them not or was not able to judge their worth. As for Job, whom he here confuteth, he seems to say of him as Calvin somewhere doth of Luther, That as he excelled with great virtues, so he was not without his great failings. Atque utinam recognoscendis suis vitiis plus operae dedisset; And I spent less time in declaiming against others, and more in recognizing his own faults (Calv. ep. Bulling.).
Neither will the Almighty pervert judgment] For shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? See Trapp on " Job 7:3 "