Ver. 9. — Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast thou not fenced him about, and his house, and all his substance round about? Thou hast blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased in the land. 67. Man does not stand by his own strength. — As if he plainly said: Why dost thou praise him whom thou strengthenest by protecting? For, I being despised, the man would be worthy of thy praises, if he stood by his own strength against me. Whence presently and maliciously he demands concerning the man that which nevertheless the protector of the man benignly grants. For it is subjoined: