Verse 37. — Who addeth blasphemy upon his sins. 12. Elihu prefigures those who, though they seem to speak for the truth, are strangers to the truth. — He accuses him both of having deserved scourges for his sins, and of having sinned after the scourges. But far otherwise does the Lord judge, who both declares him scourged in vain, and after the scourges renders him double good things (Job ii, 3). For punishment is owed to fault, not reward. Blessed Job, therefore, is shown to have spoken without fault, whom, after his speaking, rewards follow (Job xlii, 10). Elihu therefore, because, speaking in the Lord's defense, he feels otherwise of blessed Job than the Lord does, as it were, while he multiplies words for the truth, disagrees with the truth. There follows: