John Trapp on Job 10:8

Verſe 8. Thine hands have made me,] Or throughly and accurately wrought me, as it were, with much pains and labour: thou haſt exactly faſhioned all my members; not that God either hath hands, or putteth himſelf to pains; for he doth his worke without either tool or toil, Iſai. 40.28. But this is attributed to him after the manner of men, to ſhew the curious workmanſhip ſhewed in mans creation, the maſterpiece of all his works of wonder. This David ſweetly s;ingeth of Pſalm 139. and Galen admireth in that excellent book of his De uſu partium humani corporis, ſetting forth the praiſes of that God whom he knew not, and ſinging an hymn unto him.Lib 3. Man, ſaith one, is cura divini ingenii, he is Gods ſcutcheon wherein he hath portrayed all the titles of the moſt excellent beauties of the world. The Sun, Moon, and Stars, are but the works of Gods fingers, Pſalm 8. but man is the work of his hands, Pſalm 139.14. He is the moſt beautiful building of a moſt wiſe architect, ſaith Euripides: the bold attempt of daring nature, ſaith another heathen: the greateſt of all miracles, ſaith a third. David ſpeaking of him, and of Gods goodneſs to him, begins to wonder before he ſpeaketh, and leaves off to ſpeak, but not to wonder, Pſalm 8.[illegible: 1 letter], 9.

And faſhioned me together round about] A metaphor from potters, who make their work by turning it round till it be all finiſhed. Jer. 18 3. Thou haſt faſhioned me, and made me in every point, ſo Broughton rendreth it. Totum me, non dimidium. Thou haſt made the whole, and every part of me from top to toe, not my nailes excepted, (as Mercer hath it) with extraordinary care and cunning, beſtowing upon me mercies enow betwixt head and foot, to fill a volume. Who is there (ſaith Galen) which looking but upon the skin only of mans body, wondreth not at the artifice of the Creator? but eſpecially he was amazed at the manner of the motion of the lungs by Syſtole and Diastole, and would needs offer hecatombs to that God whoſoever he were, that was Author of ſo admirable and excellent a piece of work.

Yet thou doſt deſtroy me] And this ſeemeth ſtrange to me, Doſt thou yet deſtroy me? (ſo ſome read this text) wilt thou ſwallow me up quick and devour me, as the greater fiſhes do the leſſer? (See the Note on verſe 3.) Careſt thou not that I am thy workmanſhip created unto good works, Eph. 2.10? One in whom thou haſt erected the fair fabrick of the new man? for this alſo Job may here very likely referre to.