Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 14:13

13. O that thou wouldest hide me in the Grave , that thou wouldst keep me secret , until thy Wrath be past , that thou wouldst appoint me a set time , and remember me .

Either 1. In some dark Vault under ground, such as good men hide themselves in, in times of Persecution. Heb. 11. 38. Lord hide me in some hiding place from thy Wrath, and all the intolerable effects of it, which are upon me: for I cannot be hid from thee but by thee. Or 2. In the Grave, properly so called. Though I know Life once lost is irrecoverable, yet I heartily desire Death rather than to continue in these Torments. And if the next words and wish seem to suppose the continuance of his Life, that is not strange: For he speaks like one almost distracted with his miseries, sometimes wishing one thing, sometimes another, and the quite contrary, as such persons use to do. And these Wishes may be understood disjunctively, I wish either that I were dead, or that God would give me Life free from these torments. Or the place may be understood thus, I could wish, if it were possible, that I might lie in the Grave for a time, till these storms be blown over, and then be restored to a comfortable Life.

In some secret and safe place, under the shadow of thy Wings and favour. that I may have some support and comfort from thee.

Whilst I am oppressed with such grievous and various Calamities, which he calls Gods Wrath, because they were, or seemed to be, the effects of his Wrath.

To wit, to my sufferings, as thou hast done to my Life, v. 5.

i. e. Wherein thou wiltst remember me, to wit, in mercy, o[illegible: 1+ letters] so as to deliver me: For it is well known that God is frequently said to forget those whom he suffers to continue in misery, and to remember those whom he delivers out of it.

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