Job 36:6 - Exposition

He preserveth not the life of the wicked . There is no special providence over the life of the wicked, as Job had supposed, or pretended to suppose ( Job 21:7 ; comp. Job 12:6 ). On the contrary, God "overturneth" wicked men "in the night, so that they are destroyed; he striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others" ( Job 34:25 , Job 34:26 ). But giveth right to the poor . The poor and afflicted, the meek and humble, God vindicates. They are his special charge. So far is he from favouring the ungodly.