John Trapp on Job 10:16

Verſe 16. For it increaſeth] Heb. For it lifteth up it ſelf: it even boyleth up to the height, or it waxeth proud, as the proud ſurges of the ſea: Broughton rendreth it, Oh haw it fleeth up! Why how? Surely, as a fierce lion, ſo it hunteth me: it riſeth upon me, as a Lion rampant doth upon his prey, or as a Lion when he is purſued, gives not place, hides not his head, but comes into the open fields as holding it a diſgrace to withdraw, ſo ſome ſenſe it: Or,

Thou hunteſt me as a fierce Lion] Tanquam [illegible: 1 letter]e. God when he afflicteth men, is oft compared to a Lion: or Tanquam leonem, as if I were a ravening Lion; ſo thou hunteſt me,Iſa. 38.13. Hoſ. 5.14. Hoſ. 13.7. ſetting thy nets and toyls, making thy ſnares and pits ut capiar ad occiſionem (ſo the Septuagint) that I may be taken and deſtroyed, as 2 Pet. 2 12.

And again thou ſheweſt thy ſelf marvellous upon me] Heb. And thou returneſt. Here Job ſheweth, ſaith an Interpreter, what a confidence he had, that God returning to him in mercy would do wonderfully for him in the end: the word turning here,Ab. Ezr. and the turning his captivity, chap. 42. ſo aptly anſwering the one to the other to approve this expoſition. But others underſtand it of the continued or repeated acts of Jobs affliction unâ vi[illegible: 1 letter]e poſt aliam; as if he ſhould ſay, thou clappeſt on one affliction upon another: my pains know not only no period, but no pauſe: thou layeſt upon me extraordinary ſorrows, as if thou wouldſt declare in me alone, quàm mirus ſis artifex, what an excellent artiſan thou art when thou pleaſeſt, and what thou canſt do againſt a poor creature: ſurely thou haſt made my plagues wonderfull, Deut. 28.59. So the Apoſtles were made a gazing-ſtock, a theatre, a ſpectacle of humane miſery, 1 Cor. 4.9.