Job 22:26

“For then shall thou have thy delight in the Almighty, etc.] In the perfections of his nature, in the works of his hands, in his word and worship, in communion with him, and in the relation he stands in to his people as their covenant God and Father; this would be the case when Job should be more and better acquainted with God, and with the law or doctrine his month, and the words of his lips, and should return unto him with his whole heart; and when his affections should be taken off of all earthly riches; when he should look upon gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brook, and God should be to him his gold and his silver; then, and not till then, could he have true…”

“lift up . . . face, &c.--repeated from Zophar (Job 11:15).”

“Shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty - Instead of complaining of him as you now do, you would then find calm enjoyment in contemplating his character and his moral government. This is a correct account of the effects of reconciliation. He who becomes truly “acquainted” with God has pleasure in his existence and attributes; in his law and administration. No longer disposed to complain, he confides in him when he is afflicted; flees to him when he is persecuted; seeks him in the day of prosperity; prefers him to all that this world can give, and finds his supremest joys in turning away from all created good to hold communion with the Uncreated One. And shalt lift up thy face unto God -…”

“Lift up - Look up to him, with chearfulness and confidence. Job 22:27”

“shalt thou: Job 27:10, Job 34:9; Psa 37:4; Sol 2:3; Isa 58:14; Rom 7:22 lift up: Job 11:15; Psa 25:1, Psa 86:4, Psa 143:8; Jo1 3:20, Jo1 3:21 Job 22:27”

“26 For then thou shalt delight thyself in the Almighty, And lift up they countenance to Eloah; 27 If thou prayest to Him, He will hear thee, And thou shalt pay thy vows. 28 And thou devisest a plan, and it shall be established to thee, And light shineth upon thy ways. 29 If they are cast down, thou sayest, "Arise!" And him that hath low eyes He saveth. 30 He shall rescue him who is not guiltless, And he is rescued by the purity of thy hands. כּי־אז might also be translated "then indeed" (vid., on Job 11:15), as an emphatic resumption of the promissory והיה (tum erit), Job 22:25; but what follows is really the confirmation of the promise that God will be to him a rich recompense for the…”