6 ; e. Covered all over as with a Garment. p Which oft breed and hreak forth in divers parts of living bodies, as Hiſtory and Ex- perience wirneſſeth, and which were eaſily bred out of Jeb's cor- rupted Fleſh and Sores. 9 Either the Duſt of the Earth upon which he lay,which his Sores would quickly lick up ; or the Scabes of his Sores, which by degrees mouldred away into duſt. r By Ulcers breaking forth in all parts of it.
6 My days are ſwifters than a Weavers Shuttles,
and are ſpent without hope «.
s Thetime of my life haſtens to a period ; and therefore vain are thoſe hopes which you give me of a Reſtitution to my former Pro- ſperity in this World #& Which paſſeth in a moment from oneend of the Web tothe other, # To wir,of enjoying any good day here.
7 O remember « that * my lifeis wind y ; mine eye
t ſhall no more || ſee good =: x He turneth his Speech to God, as appears from v: 8. 12, 14.
never to come again, as is ſaid Pſal, 78. 39. 271. e. Enjoy ( for ſo ſeeing is ſometimes uſed, as Pſal. 34. 12: Jer: 17: 6:) good, to wit, in this World, as my Friends flatter me. Compare Chap. 143 12: & 19: 26: 2738
8 Theeye of him that hath ſeen me, ſhal ſee me no more 4: thine eyes «re upon me, and || I am not b.
a fn this mortal ſtate : I ſhall never retutn to this Life again. b Either, x. If thou doſt but caſt one angry look upon me, I am nr. 7.e. T ama dead Man. So that Phraſe is uſed,Gen:5. 24: & 42: 13; & 44: 20s Pſal. 103.16: Jer.31215. Or, 2. When thine Eyes ſhall be upox me, (i. e. when thou ſhalt look for me to do me good,thou wilt find that) 1amnot, thatT am dead and gone, and uncapable of thar Bounty and Goodneſs which thou giveſt to Men in this World. Compare v 21: Pſal: 10: 15: - Fer; 50: 20.
9 As the cloud is conſumed c and vaniſheth away 4; ſo ® he that goeth down to | the grave ſhal come upno
more e,
c Being dried up or diſſolved by the heat of the Sun. &d Never returneth again. e To live a natural mortal Life amongſt Men. For, that he doeth not deny a fucure Life, is manifeſt from Chap; I9: 25, &Cc. ;
to He ſhall return no more to his houſe f,* neither
thall his place know him any more g.
f To enjoy his Houſe and Pcſſeſſions again;g i.e. He ſhall no more be ſeen aad known in his former Habitation and Condition by his Friends and Neighbours. The place pur for the Men of the place, as Chap 8: 18:% 20:9: Pſal. 37: 10. f » 11 Therefore 4 Twill not refrain my mouth, TI will ſpeak inthe anguiſh of my ſpirit ; [ will complain in the bitteraeſs of my ſoul z.
h Since my Life is by the common Condition of Mankind fo vain and ſhort, and when onceloſt, without all hopes of recovery, and withal extreamly miſerable, I will plead with God for pity and re- lief before I die; knowing that I muſt now ſpeak,or eſe for ever at- ter hold my peace, as to requeſts of this nature. 7 I will 10r ſmo- ther my bitter Anguiſh within my own Breaſt, which will make t intolerable, but I will give it vent, and eaſe my ſelf by pouring forth Complaints, and expoſtulating with my God, who,as I hope, will heaz and help me one way or other.
12 Am 1a Sea, or a Whale &, that thou ſetteſt a
watch over me / ?
k Am Iſo great, and powerful, and dangerous a Creature, that thou needeſt to uſeextraordinary Power and Violence to rule and ſubdue me ? AmT as fierce and unrully as the Sea, which, if thou didſt not ſet a watch over it, and Bounds to it, would overwhelm the Earth, and deſtroy Mankind upon it ? Or,am I a vaſt and un- governable Sca-monſter, which, if thou didſt not reſtrain it by thy Powerfull Pcovidence, would overturn Ships,and deſtroy Men in it, and devour all the leſſer Fiſhes? Have I behaved my felt to- wards thee, or towards Men, with ſuch Rage and Violence, as to need ſuch Chains to-be put upon me ? Or, is my Strength 10 great. as that of the Sea, which can endure ſo many and long Storms one afrer another, and yet can ſubſiſt under them, and after them ? Or, ofa Whzle, that can laugh at Darts and Spears? as is ſaid Chap: 41. 29. No Lord, thou knoweſt that I am but a poor weak C reature, Which thou canſt cruſh with the leaſt touch of thy Finger,without theſe violent and unſupportable Pains and Miſeries ; and that Thave net been ſo fierce and boiſterousin my carriage,as to need ordeſerve theſe extraordinary Calamities. ! That thou thouldeſt guard and re-
rain me with ſuch heavy and unexampled Milſeries, leit I ſheuld break into Rebellion againſt thee,or into Cruelty towards Men.
13 * When ſay, my Bed ſhall comfore me, my
Couch ſhall eaſe my complaint m : m By giving me ſweet and quiet Sleep, which may take off the {ſenſe of my Torments for that while. Then thou ſcarreſt me with dreams », and ter-
O B.
me, or from the Devils Malice, who by thyPermiſſion diſturbs me in this manner 5 ſo that I am afraid to go to ſleep,and my Remedy Proves as bad as my Diſeaſe. o The ſame thing with Dreams.; for there were not only Day-vifions,which were off:red to Mens fight, when they were awake; but alſo Night-viſions.which were preſented to Mens Fancy in their Sleep and Dreams. See Gen: 28:1 2.& 41;1,2: Dan: it #9 31. & 4, 5, 10. : 5 So chat my Soul chooſeth p ſtrangling q,and death
t wretched Life. q The moſt violear fo it be bur a certain and ſudden
: death.r Heb than my bones i.e. than my Body,formerly the Souls dear
and deſired Compamion,or than to be in the Body,which commonly
; Confiſts of $kin and Fleſh,and Bones but in Job was in a manner n0-
thing but a bundle of bones ; for his Skin was every where broken
' and his Fleſh was quite conſumed; as he oft complains,and his Bones
' allo were nor free from Pain and Torment ; for as\Satans Commiſ.
ſton reacherh to Job's bones, Job 2: 5: ſo doubtleſs his Maliceand wic. ked Deſign would engage him to execute it to the utmoſt.
16 * I loath zz, s I would not live alway x ; alone, « formy days are vanity x. |
s To witymy Life laſt mentioned, * In this World,if I might, no