Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 8:13

13. So are the paths of all that forget God , and the Hypocrite's hope shall perish :

i. e. Of wicked men who are branded with this same character, Psal. 9. 17. & 50. 22. Or Hypocrites, as the next words explain it, who are described by their first and fundamental miscarriage which is, that they forget, i. e. neglect, forsake, and despise (for so this phrase is commonly understood, as Deut. 6. 2. & 8. 11, &c. & 32. 18. Ier. 2. 32. & 23. 27.) God, i. e. his presence, and commands, and worship, and providence; and therefore break forth into manifold sins. But by their paths he doth not understand the course of their actions, or manner of their living, but the events which befall them, called their paths objectively, because they are the paths of God or the methods of his providence or manner of his dealing with them. Now this may be accommodated to the foregoing similitude in this manner; such is the prosperity of wicked men, because it wants the solid foundation of their piety, and of Gods promise and blessing consequent thereupon, it quickly vanisheth into nothing.

i. e. He shall lose what he hoped for, (hope being oft put for its object) even uninterrupted and abiding felicity, and with it all hope of restitution.

Marginal references: Ch. 11. [illegible: 1 word]. & 18. 14. [illegible: 1 word]. 112. 10. [illegible: 1 word]. 1[illegible: 1+ letters]. 25.