Job 9:16

For he breaketh me with a tempest,.... Which rises suddenly, comes powerfully, and carries all before it irresistibly; hereby signifying the nature of his present sore afflictions, which came upon him…

If I had called, and he had answered me - It is remarked by Schultens, that the expressions in these verses are all taken from courts of justice. If so, the meaning is, that even if Job should call…

What Job had said of man's utter inability to contend with God he here applies to himself, and in effect despairs of gaining his favour, which (some think) arises from the hard thoughts he had of God,…

In Job 9:14-15 the plea against God is not supposed actually entered upon; the idea of such a plea presents itself to Job's mind and he pictures the results that would follow upon himself; in Job 9:9…