191 And Job answereth and saith:— 2 Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words? 3 These ten times ye put me to shame, ye blush not. Ye make yourselves strange to me— 4 And also—truly, I have erred, With me doth my error remain. 5 If, truly, over me ye magnify yourselves, And decide against me my reproach; 6 Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round, 7 Lo, I cry out—violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 19:1-7
Commentary on Job 19:1-7
(Read Job 19:1-7)
Job's friends blamed him as a wicked man, because he was so afflicted; here he describes their unkindness, showing that what they condemned was capable of excuse. Harsh language from friends, greatly adds to the weight of afflictions: yet it is best not to lay it to heart, lest we harbour resentment. Rather let us look to Him who endured the contradiction of sinners against himself, and was treated with far more cruelty than Job was, or we can be.