John Trapp on Job 13:24

Verſe 24. Wherefore hideſt thou thy face?] Who waſt wont to ſhine upon mee, chap. 29.2, 3. He that hideth his face, ſheweth, that he neither pitieth, nor purpoſeth to relieve. God ſeemed to look upon Job no otherwiſe then as under Satans cloak, ſaid that Martyr. But he hideth his love ſometimes out of increaſement of love, as Joſeph did to his brethren; and is never ſo near us, as when with Mary Magdalen, we are ſo bleared with tears for his abſence, that we cannot ſee him, though at hand. A child of light may walk in darkneſſe, Iſai. 50.10. which when he doth, he muſt reſolve, as Iſai. 8.17. I will wait upon the Lord who hideth his face from the houſe of Jacob, and I will looke for him: he muſt alſo in that dark condition caſt anchor, as they did in the ſhipwrack, Acts 2.7. and pray ſtill for day, waiting till the day ſtar ariſe in their hearts, and all clear up.

And holdeſt me for thine enemy?] Which if God ſhould have done indeed, it would have been wide with Job, and far worſe then ever yet it had been; for if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away, 1 Sam. 24.19? I trow not, unleſſe it be for a greater miſchief at another time. But Job was out when he judged himſelf hated of God, becauſe afflicted, ſith he ſcourgeth every ſon whom he receiveth, Heb. 12.5. See my Love-tokens, pag. 23. and 54.