Job 23:16

Because I was not cut off before the darkness,.... That is, it was amazing to him, and troubled him when he thought of it, that he was not cut off by death, before the darkness of afflictions, or this…

For God maketh my heart soft - That is, “faint.” He takes away my strength; compare the notes at Isa 7:4. This effect was produced on Job by the contemplation of the eternal plan and the power of God.

Some make Job to complain here that God dealt unjustly and unfairly with him in proceeding to punish him without the least relenting or relaxation, though he had such incontestable evidences to…

For God maketh Or, and God. The emphasis is on God; it is God, the thought that God should act in this unrighteous manner that makes his heart "soft," i. e. makes him faint-hearted and…