Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 7:15

15. So that my Soul chooseth strangling , and death rather than my life ,

Not simply and in it self, but comparatively, rather than such a wretched life.

The most violent, so it be but a certain and sudden death.

Heb. than my bones, i. e. than my body, formerly the Soul's dear and desired companion, or than to be in the body, which commonly consists of skin and flesh, and bones, but in Iob was in a manner nothing but a bundle of bones; for his skin was every where broken, and his flesh was quite consumed; as he oft complains, and his bones also were not free from pain and torment: for as Satan's Commission reached to Iob's bones, Iob 2. 5. so doubtless his Malice and wicked Design would engage him to execute it to the utmost.

Marginal references: Heb. than my [illegible: 1 word].