Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 10:12

12. Thou hast granted me life and favour , and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit .

Thou didst not onely give me a curious Body, but also a living and a reasonable Soul: Thou didst at first give me life, and then maintain it in me; both when I was in the Womb (which is a marvellous Work of God) and afterward when I was unable to do any thing to preserve my own life.

Or, benignity, or bor[illegible: 1+ letters] ty, or mercy, or kindness; which is here, as ost elsewhere, put for its fruits or effects. Thou didst not give a meer Life, but many other Favours necessary, or convenient, or belonging to it, such as Nourishment by the Breast, Education, Knowledge, and Instruction, &c.

i. e. The Care of thy Providence watching over me for my good, and visiting me in mercy; as God's visiting is understood, Exod. 4. 31. Luke 1. 78. though elsewhere it is an Act of Punishment.

i. e. My Soul or Life, which is liable to manifold Casualties and Dangers, if God did not watch over us and guard us every day and moment. Thou hast hitherto done great things for me, given me Life, and the Blessings of Life, and daily Preservations and Deliverances: And wiltst thou now undo all that thou hast done? And shall I who have been such an eminent Monument of thy Mercy, now be made a Spectacle of thy Vengeance, and that without cause?