14 They advance as through a gaping breach; amid the ruins they come rolling in.
14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
14 As through a wide breach they come; amid the crash they roll on.
14 They violate my broken body, trample through the rubble of my ruined life.
14 They come as broad breakers; Under the ruinous storm they roll along.
14 They come at me from all directions. They jump on me when I am down.
4 the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,
4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
4 then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;
4 Swept away by the flood of rage, drowned in the torrent;
4 Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;
4 The waters would have engulfed us; a torrent would have overwhelmed us.
(Read Psalm 124:1-5)
God suffers the enemies of his people sometimes to prevail very far against them, that his power may be seen the more in their deliverance. Happy the people whose God is Jehovah, a God all-sufficient. Besides applying this to any particular deliverance wrought in our days and the ancient times, we should have in our thoughts the great work of redemption by Jesus Christ, by which believers were rescued from Satan.
5 the raging waters would have swept us away.
5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
5 then over us would have gone the raging waters.
5 We would have lost our lives in the wild, raging water.
5 Then the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul."
5 Yes, the raging waters of their fury would have overwhelmed our very lives.
(Read Psalm 124:1-5)
God suffers the enemies of his people sometimes to prevail very far against them, that his power may be seen the more in their deliverance. Happy the people whose God is Jehovah, a God all-sufficient. Besides applying this to any particular deliverance wrought in our days and the ancient times, we should have in our thoughts the great work of redemption by Jesus Christ, by which believers were rescued from Satan.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 30:14
Commentary on Job 30:1-14
(Read Job 30:1-14)
Job contrasts his present condition with his former honour and authority. What little cause have men to be ambitious or proud of that which may be so easily lost, and what little confidence is to be put in it! We should not be cast down if we are despised, reviled, and hated by wicked men. We should look to Jesus, who endured the contradiction of sinners.