Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 34:30

30. That the hypocrite reign not, lest the People be ensnared .

Having said that God could and would carry on his own work and design effectually, whether against one Man, or against an whole People, he now proceeds to give a further instance of God's mighty power above and against the greatest Monarchs, in whom their own and Peoples strength seem to be united, yet all together cannot oppose God in his work. God when he pleaseth can and doth so order affairs, that the Hypocrite (i. e. the profane wicked Prince, as one of the Kings of Iudah is called, Ezek. 21. 25. Bad Princes being called Hypocrites, because they do commonly cover all their Oppressions, and injuries, and imp[illegible: 1+ letters]eties too, with the specious pre[illegible: 1+ letters]ence of Justice and the publick good, and the discharge of their trust and duty) may not reign, (i. e. may not continue his reign and tyranny, that he may and shall by his Soveraign power and omnipotent Providence be deprived of his Kingdom) [illegible: 1+ letters]est the people be [illegible: 1+ letters]red, i. e. lest the people should be longer, and more and more [illegible: 1+ letters]pt and held in the snares or fetters of tyra[illegible: 1+ letters]ny and oppression: i. e. God doth this to free poor oppressed People [illegible: 1+ letters]rom the snares which ungodly and unrighteous Princes lay for them. Or, that [illegible: 1 word] People be not [illegible: 1 word] any longer, Heb. that there [illegible: 1+ letters]e [illegible: 1+ letters]o snares o[illegible: 1+ letters] or for the People. Or▪ for the [illegible: 1 word], or scandals or [illegible: 1 word] (which are oft so called) of the People. So the sence is, That such a wicked Prince may not continue to reign over that People, although by their sins they had provoked God to give them such a Prince and to continue his power over them.