Verse 6. — 'And I, when I remember, am afraid, and trembling shakes my flesh.' 44. Certain things are said by the saints ironically and by way of derision. — That blessed Job had not forgotten his own deeds, his final utterance shows. From which fact this which is now said by him to his friends — 'And I, when I remember, am afraid, and trembling shakes my flesh' — clearly stands as said by way of derision. As if it were plainly said: If I should remember myself to have had anything of the hypocrite, I would tremble in the weeping of penitence. But he declares that his flesh, if he should remember, is shaken with trembling — that is, that the weakness of his work is wearied with the dread of vengeance.
But because Zophar had asserted many things concerning the sudden damnation of the ungodly, in which he bit at the power of blessed Job, the holy man subjoins against his words, saying: