OB. Chap. 12 Upon my right hand d riſe e the youth f, they | puſh away my teet g, and they raiſe up againſt me the i ways þ of their deſiruction 3, d Tois Circumſtance is noted, either becauſe this was the place | of Adverfaries or Accuſers in Courts of Juſtice, P{al. 109. 6. Zach. { 3- I. Or, to ſhew their boldneſs and contempr of him, that they caurit oppoſe him even on that ſide where his chief ſtrength lay. e To wit,in way of contempt and oppoſiticn,or to accuſe and reproach me, as my Frieni's now do; as one who by my great, bur ſecret wickednets, have brought theſe Miſeries upon my {cIf. f Heb. Joung Striplings, who tormerly hid themſelves trom my preſence, Ch. 29. 8. g Either 1. properly, ttey trip up my Hee,s, Or, rather 2. Mceraphoricaily, they endeavour utt-rly to over-whe!m my goings, and to caft me down to the ground. þ 1. e. Caufey-ways,or Banks : So 1t is a Metaphor from Souldiers, who raite, or caſt up Banks, a- gainlt the City which they beſiege. Or, they raiſe up a Level,or imooth the Path by continual treading it : they prepare, and con- trive, and uſe fevgra! methods ro deſtroy me. 7 Either 1. paſſive= ly, fo the S-nle 1s, they raiſe, or keap upon me, 7. e. imputeto ime, the Ways, 1. e. the cauſes f their ru;ne, They charge me to be the Au- taor of their ruine. Or, rather. 2. Adively, of that deftruttion which they d-fign and carry on againſt me : Which beſt ſuits with
the whole Context, whercin 7ob is conſtantly repreſented as the Patient, and wicked Men as the Agents.
13 They mar my path &, they ſet forward my cala- mity /, they have no helper m.
k As I am in great miſery,ſo they endeavour to ſtop all my ways out of it,and to fruſtrate all my Counſels and Courſes of obtaining Relicf or Comfort. and although Jeb had no hopes of a temporal deliverance or rettitution, yet he could not but obſerve and reſent the malice of thoſe who did their utmoſt to hinder it. Or, the ſenſe is, They pervertall my ways, putting perverſe and falſe conſtrui- ons upon them,cenſuring all my conicientious diſcharges of my du-= ty to God and Men, as nothing butcraft and hypocrifie, 1 Increa- fing it by their bitter Taunts, and Invettives, aud Cenſures. Or: they profit by,or are pleaſ-d and ſatisfied with ny calamity, Ir doth them gocd at the heart ro ſee me in miſery. m. This is added as an ag- gravation of their mal ce, they impudently perſiſted in taeir mali« cious deſigns againſt me, though none encouraged or aſſiſted them therein. Or, eventhey who had zo helper, who were themielv<s in a torlorn and miſerab'e condi:1on ; and yer they could 1, far forget or over-look their own calamities as to take pleaſure in mine.
14 They came upon me as a wide bieakir:g in of wa=-
ters; in the defolation o they rolled themſelves upon me
n As fiercely and violent'y as a River doth when a greit breach is made 1n the Bank which kept it in- Heb. as at a wide breach; as 2 belieging Army having made a breach in the walls of tlc City, do ſuddenly and forcibly ruſh into it. o Or, for, or inſtead of a aeſolati.. on; 4, e. that they might utterly deſtroy me. and make me deſo- late» Or, in the waſt place ; i.e. in tha' part of the Bank or Wall which was waſted or bruken down. þp As the Waters, or Souldiers come rolling or tumbling in «t the Breach.
+ IF Terrors 9 are turned upon mer: they purſue ,. + my ſoul s as the wind et: ard my welfare « paſicth F Heb. away as a cloud &. principal |
q To wit, from God, who ſets Himſclf againſt me, and in ſome %*- ſort joyns his Forces with theſe Miſcreants. r Are dire&ed againſt me to, whom they ſeem not to belong,a+ being the por: ion of wicked Men.” s Heb. m1 princ.pal or excellent one, 1. e. my Soul, which is fitly ſo called,as being the chief part of Man; as it is called a Man's Glory, Gen. 49. 6. and hi+ onely One. Pjalm 22. 20. and «hich is the proper Seat and Obje& of Divine Terrors, as his Body was of his outward Pains and Ulcers» #7 : e. Speedily, vehemently, and ir- reſiſtab'y. « All the happineſs and comfort of my Life: x Which is quickly diſſolved into rain, or diſſipated by the Sun, or driven away with the Wind.
16 And now my ſoul is poured out y upon me z the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
y All the ſtrength and powers of my Soul are melted, and faint- ing. and dying away, throug" my continued and inſupport-ble ſorrows and calamities- z Or, within me, as this tlebrew Particle is elſewhere uſed ; as Pſahn 42 5,6 Iſa 26. 9. Hoſea 11 8:
17 My bones are pierced # in me bin the nighe-ſea- ſon c: and my ſinews d take no reft. |
a Heb. 7, to wit, the Terror or Affliction laſt mentioned : Or; He, z.e. God, hath pierced my bones. Thisis no flight and ſuperficial, bur a moſt deep wound that reacheth to my very heart and bones; ! and marrow. -Nothing in me is fo ſecret, but it reacheth it,nothing : ſo hard and ſolid, but it fee!s the weight and burden of it. 6 Heb. : from above me, by an Arrow ſhot froym Heaven, whence my Cala«
mities come, and that in a ſingular and eminent manner. Or, by
that which is «pen me: the ſores which are upon my Skin, er out- ward Fleſh, do pierce and pain me even to the Bones. For now he is come from deſcribing the Terrors of his Mind, to expreſy the Torments of his Body. c When others do,and I ſhould receive ſome reſt and refreſhment. 4 And the Fleſh of my ' Body whicts { covereth the Sinews, and is mixed with tiem; and may ſeem to | be ſynecdochically expreſſed by the Sinews, which are the ſtrength : and ſupport of the Fleſh. So he hgnifies that neither his Bonesnor : his Fleſh refteth. Or, and my veins or Arteries, which reſt or move { flowly when the Mind and Body are well compoſed ; but in Job did
moſt vehemently and reſtleſsly, by :eaſon of his great heat, and pain, and paſſion.
i8 By the great force of my diſcaſe is my garment changed e : It bindeth me about f as the collar of my
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_ | ; e My Difcaſe is ſo ſtrong and prevalent; that it breaks forth e- very where in my Body, in ſuch plenty of purulent and filthy Mat- ter- that it infeQs 2nd diſcolours my very Garments. Others, By the great Power of G O. D my Garment us changed. In both theſe Tranſlations the Words, of my D/feaſe; and of God, are nor in the Hebrew Text, bur are ſupplied by : '& Tranſlators. But the words - Fu # ars