Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 3:25

25. [For ] [ the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, ] and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

This is another Reason why he is weary of his Life, and why he repents that ever he was born, because he never enjoyed any solid and secure Comfort.

Heb. I feared a fear, (i. e. a danger or mischief in one kind, or other, the Act being here put for the Object, as Ioy and Love are oft put for the things rejoiced in, or loved, and here Fear for the thing feared. Or, I feared with fear, i. e. I feared greatly) and it came. Even in the time of my Peace and Prosperity, I was full of Fears, considering the variety of Gods Providences, the course and changeableness of this vain World, the Infirmities and Contingencies of Humane Nature and Life, Gods Justice, and the sinfulness of all Mankind. And these Fears of mine were not in vain, but are justified by my present Calamities. So that I have never enjoied any sound Tranquillity since I was born; and therefore it hath not been worth my while to live, since all my days have been evil, and full of Vexation and Torment, either by the fear of Miseries, or by the sufferance of them.

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