Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 10:15

15. If I be wicked , wo unto me ; and if I be righteous , yet will I not lift up my head : I am full of confusion , therefore see thou mine affliction.

i. e. An ungodly Hypocrite, as my Friends esteem me.

Then I am truly and extremely, and must be eternally miserable.

i. e. An upright and good man: So whether good or bad, all comes to one; I have no relief.

Or, yet ca[illegible: 1+ letters] I not, &c. The Future Tense being used potentially: Yet I have no comfort, nor confidence, or hopes of any good. Lifting up [illegible: 1+ letters]he head or face, is oft mentioned as a sign of comfort and confidence; as Psalm 3. 3. Luke 21. 28. As on the contrary, Grief and Shame are described by its dejection or casting down.

Or, [illegible: 1 word], from my Friends, and from others, Chap. 30. 1, &c. and from God too, who [illegible: 1+ letters]asts me off and makes me contemptible: I have abundance of shame in the disappointment of all my hopes▪ and the continuance and aggravation of my misery, notwithstanding all my prayers to God to remove or mitigate it: And I am confounded within my self, not knowing what to say or do. Let my extremity move thee to pity, and help me.

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