John Trapp on Job 19:18

Verſe 18. Yea, young children deſpiſed me.] Fooles, ſaith the vulgar, who are never more pleaſant than when they play the Buffoons at my expence. Ʋngodly men ſome render it, [illegible: 1 word] 16.11. Others, the baſer ſort of people. And ſurely none ſo baſe as they that deride vertue, eſpecially becauſe forſaken of fortune, as one phraſeth it. What a l[illegible: 1 letter]tter je[illegible: 1 letter]r was that of To bi[illegible: 2 letters] the ſervant, (or, ſtave) the Ammonite, Neh. 4.3? The baſeſt can mock, as the Abjects did David, Pſal. 45.15. and the Alestake[illegible: 1 letter] alſo, Pſal. 69.13. But it is an happi[illegible: 3 letters] to do well, and yet hear ill. All Gods people muſt [illegible: 2 letters]ready to paſs through good repo[illegible: 2 letters], and evil report, 2 Cor. 6.2. And every Job muſt [illegible: 2 letters]ck[illegible: 2 letters], that as the reproacher in [illegible: 1 span], not ſo much as a man (ſaith chryſoſtome;] So the reproached that bears it well, is Angelis par, equal to the Angels.

I aroſe, and they ſpake againſt me.] I aroſe, ſc. to rebuke them, or to pacifie them, or to paſs away from them, and my back is no Tooner turned, but they reviled me. Some render it, Sto coram illis, I ſtand before them; that is, they ſtay not till I am gone paſt, but reproached me to my face, ſuch is their boldneſs and baſeneſs: ſee Eſa. 3.5.