6 "If I speak , my pain is not lessened , And if I hold back , what has left me? 7 "But now He has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my company . 8 "You have shriveled me up, It has become a witness ; And my leanness rises up against me, It testifies to my face . 9 "His anger has torn me and hunted me down , He has gnashed at me with His teeth ; My adversary glares e at me. 10 "They have gaped at me with their mouth , They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt ; They have massed themselves against me. 11 "God hands me over to ruffians And tosses me into the hands of the wicked . 12 "I was at ease , but He shattered me, And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces ; He has also set me up as His target . 13 "His arrows surround me. Without mercy He splits my kidneys open ; He pours out my gall on the ground . 14 "He breaks through me with breach after e breach ; He runs at me like a warrior . 15 "I have sewed sackcloth over my skin And thrust my horn in the dust . 16 "My face is flushed from weeping , And deep darkness is on my eyelids ,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 16:6-16
Commentary on Job 16:6-16
(Read Job 16:6-16)
Here is a doleful representation of Job's grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted.