Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 10:1

1. MY soul is weary of my life , I will leave my complaint upon my self ; I will speak in (or of) the bitterness of my soul .

So the sense is: My Soul is weary of dwelling in this rotten and miserable Carkass: Or, I am from my heart, or with my very soul weary of my life; and therefore I may be excused if I complain: Or, My soul is cut off while I live: i. e. I am dead whilest I live; I am in a manner buried alive.

So the sense is, I will complain, and the burden or hazard of so doing I will take upon my self, and be willing to bear it: I must give my sorrows vent, let come on me what will, as he saith, Chap. 13. 13. But the words may be read interrogatively, Shall I then (or, how can I then) leave my complaint (i. e. give over complaining) within or concerning (as the Hebrew al oft signifies) my self? Or they may be rendred thus, I will strengthen (as this Verb signifies, Neh. 3. 8.) my complaint against my self; whereby he implies, that he would not complain against God, so as to accuse him of injustice, but only against himself, or against his own life; or concerning my self; i. e. I must renew and encrease my Complaints, as God renews and encreases my Sorrows.

My extream misery forceth my complaints from me.

Marginal references: Chap. 7. 16.; Or, c[illegible: 1+ letters]t off while I live.