John Trapp on Job 19:2

Verſe 2. How long will ye vex my ſoul?] viz. with your furious and reproachful charges & criminations? Have I not miſery enough already, but you muſt lay more load of ſcorn and contempt upon me; and ſo go on to trouble me, by adding to my ſaddeſt ſorrowes,Hoccine eſt moeſtum conſolari? ſuch as pierce to the very ſoul? Call you this comforting an afflicted friend?

How long will ye break me in pieces with words?] Words alſo have their weight, and if hard and harſh, Leniter volant, non leniter violant. Like maules they break the heart in pieces, like a rack they torment it, Pſal. 42.10. As with a Murdering weapon in my bones, mine enemies reproached me. You ſhall find ſome (ſaith Eraſmus) that of death be threatned can deſpiſe it; but to be belyed, reproached, ſlandered, they cannot brook, nor from revenge contain themſelves. Job was a ſtrong man both in faith and patience, yet put hard to it by the hard words given him by Bildad and the reſt, who did rather hurt his eare by the loudneſſe of their voices, then helped his heart, by the force of their reproofs. Gods ſervants muſt not ſtrive, but be gentle, 2 Tim. 2.23, 24. ſhewing all meekneſſe to all men, Tit. 3.2 Jam. 3.17. Gentle ſhowres comfort the earth, when daſhing ſtorms drown the ſeed. There is a two fold inconvenience followeth upon bitter and boiſterous proceedings with a ſuppoſed offendour. Firſt, the party looketh not ſo much to his own failing as to their paſſion, Secondly, As he is unconvinced, ſo they are not eſteemed: but though they have the right on their ſide, yet they loſe the due regard of their cauſe, and reverence of their perſons.