John Trapp on Job 14:19

Verſe 19. The waters weare the ſtones] Gutta cavat lapidem &c. the weakeſt things wear out the hardeſt by often falling upon them, or continual running over them: ſo doth Gods wrath though let out in minnums, ſecretly, but ſurely conſume, Hoſ. 5.12. I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the houſe of Judah as rottenneſſe, or that little worm (teredo) that eats into the heart of wood, and rots it. Thus he plagued the Egyptians by lice and flies. There may be much poiſon in little drops.

Thou waſheſt away the things that grow out of the earth] Or, Thou ever-floweſt, as once in the general deluge (when the face of the earth was grown ſo foul, that God was forc'd to waſh it with a flood) and frequently ſince, we ſee that after great rains there are huge floods that marre whole meadows and corne fields, not only diſcolouring, but drowning all their beauty and plenty. This is the fourth compariſon uſed in this and the former verſe; where a man would wonder, ſaith an Interpreter,Olymp. audire Jobum in medus [illegible: 1 letter]rumuis philoſophantem to hear Job in the midſt of his miſeries, making uſe of his philoſophy, and travelling thus in his thoughts, for illuſtrations of his own caſe, over mountains, and rocks, &c.

Thou destroyeſt the hope of man] viz. In deſtroying the things above-mentioned: or, ſo thou destroyeſt &c. though ſome reſerve the raddition to the next ver[illegible: 2 letters], ſo Thou prevaileſt againſt him, &c. i.e. So thou never ceaſeſt with thy might to caſt down ſorry men, till ſuch time as they changing countenance, and departing with an heavy and ſorrowful heart, thou violently throweſt them out, their lives and hope ending together, if they have been wicked: as if godly, yet their vain and groundleſſe hopes of proſperity and plenty, &c. come to nothing; though over the red ſea, yet Gods people may be made to tack about two and forty times in the wilderneſſe.