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Job 35:9-10
9 By reason of the multitude [rob] of oppressions [`ashuwq] they make the oppressed to cry [za`aq]: they cry out [shava`] by reason of the arm [zarowa`] of the mighty [rab].
10 But none saith ['amar], Where is God ['elowahh] my maker [`asah], who giveth [nathan] songs [zamiyr] in the night [layil]; KJV-Interlinear
9 'Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty. 10 'But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night, NASB
When we were first introduced to Elihu back in chapter 32, we studied the meaning of his name and ancestry. This gave us a sense of who Elihu was, which is to say that he is an idealist. He was a presumptuous person, or self-exalted and as such only brings shame and spite onto himself as a result of his opinions.
The shame is not from the other people present, but is derived from Gods policy concerning man. A policy which God applies to all of humanity throughout history, and God is never inconsistent with regard to the application of His policy.
Elihu speaks in generalities and really never comes to a point. Such is the ambiguous nature of an idealistic person. No position is ever taken, only vague views are presented.
Elihu's comments lack some consistency from the previous verses, but none the less, we still gain from what he has to say, because we learn what folks back in those very early and ancient times, knew and believed.
When folks disregard God, they have only one other place to which they can turn and derive some semblance of a meaning for life. That place is the world. And even that word, the 'world,' is ambiguous as the world is a phrase which refers to the many philosophies and attitudes and beliefs and such that exist in this world.
But, when people ignore truth in its most genuine sense, then they have only the source of the world from which to build their frame of reference or orientation for life. When life falls apart, then what?
Do they turn to God then? Well, some do and some don't. Or actually most who turn to God, do so in an inappropriate fashion. And that proves to be their downfall.
Only through a consistent and daily pursuit of ones spiritual life, can you learn how to interact with God. If you do not know how to interact with God, then when the time comes where you need Him desperately, then you fail because you do not follow the 'rules' as it were for interaction with God.
So, when people ignore God throughout their life, and this refers to the pattern of life which they generally pursue throughout their life, then they rely on the world.
Sooner or later the 'world' leads you to trouble. The world has no resources, no truth, nothing with which to solve your problems. Living without God is the same as living within a multitude of transgressions. Living within a multitude of transgressions, or pursuing a pattern of life without God, leads you to a multitude of oppressions.
And then people cry out. They cry because they are hurting in some way. Whether they are hurting emotionally mentally, physically, financially or however, people cry out. Some call to God, but most just curse.
And of those 'most,' God is not on their mind, only their circumstances is on their mind. Like a robber who never gets caught, he feels no remorse. But when he finally gets caught, his remorse is not for his wrong, but for his getting caught.
And so, folks who live outside of Gods will, live outside of truth. People who live outside of truth, live within the environment of lies. Lies are transgressions and transgressions are the pattern of life pursued by robbers.
Spiritually dysfunctional people are the robbers of the spiritual world. They pursue their life with no remorse and when life does not do for them as they believe it should, then their remorse is for their lack of success within the worldly environment they have chosen, not for their disregard of doctrine.
Songs in the night, stands for relief of turmoil. The nighttime is usually a reference to trouble, just as the daylight is a reference for blessing.
Songs, is reference for a soothing of that trouble. Legitimate songs come only from God. Solutions for any type of trouble or predicament comes only from God. The world cannot provide any solutions for mans problems. The world is not a legitimate source of solutions.
Therefore, when man chooses the world for his life template, and it fails, then he has nowhere to turn for relief.
