John Trapp on Job 20:19

Verſe 19. Becauſe he hath oppreſſed and forſaken the poor.] Hebr. Becauſe he hath cruſhed or broken in pieces. The Original word importeth (as One well obſerveth) Tyrannical Oppreſſion without mercy or moderation, without ho or hold: ſome give full ſcope to their rage and wrath, they put neither bond nor bridle upon their covetouſneſſe and cruelty: ſuch are characterized by this word.

And forſaken the poor.] Or, Left men poor; viz. by letting them without a livelyhood, and ſo as good as without life. A poor man in his houſe, is like a ſnail in his ſhell, cruſh that, and you kill him They which read it, And for ſaken the poor, give us this good Note, That as it is ſinful to forſake the poor, though we have never oppreſſed them, Matth. 25.35, 36. (Not to do Juſtice is Injuſtice, not to ſhew mercy is cruelty, Mark 3.4) ſo to oppreſſe, and then forſake them, is far more ſinfull.

Becauſe he hath violently taken away.] Violently and in open view, in an impudent manner, He pulleth down mens houſes, but never thinketh of repairing them; ſo ſome read this Text. Let our Depopulators look to it, who build themſelves deſolate places, and deſire to live alone in the earth. This hath been noted as a great fault in our Nation. And therefore Goropius thinketh the Engliſh were called Augli, becauſe they were ſo good Anglers, having skil to lay diverſe baits when they fiſhed for other mens livings.