John Trapp on Job 20:5

Verſe 5. That the tryumphing of the wicked is ſhort.] Heb. That the ſhouting of the wicked is from neer. it is of no long ſtanding, but like a blaze of thorns that is quickly extinct, or as a bubble in the water that is ſoon down: The pleaſure of ſin is but for a ſeaſon, Hujus ſententiae exemplum habes in Goliah, ſaith Brentius here, An example of this ſentence we have in Goliah, 1 Sam. 17. And another in his Countrymen the Philiſtines, who had twice beaten the Iſraelites, and taken the Ark, 1 Sam. 4. but this tryumph was ſoon at an end: and ſo was that of the Jewes when they had crucified Chriſt, and now danced upon his grave, as the Proverb is; but he aroſe in deſpite of them, and ſet up his Trophies. Say that the tryumph of the wicked ſhould laſt as long as life, what's that to the infinite? Punctum eſt quod vivimus, & puncto minus. But wicked men commonly dye before their time, as Solomon phraſeth it, Eccleſ. 7.17. that is, by an untimely death, they live not half their dayes, Pſal. 55.25. God cuts them off, that others may live more quietly: and whiles they live, their comforts are not ſincere, but mixt with many moleſtations: Little knoweth the world where their new ſhooes pinch them, as that roman ſaid. One little drop of an evil conſcience can trouble a whole ſea of the wicked mans tryumphs.

The joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment.] Zophar had a ſtrong conceit that Job was but an hypocrite, one that was wicked before God in heart, notwithſtanding his fair pretences and proſeſſions of piety, and ſhould therefore be led forth with the workers of iniquity, Pſal. 175.5. as cattel led to the ſlaughter, or as Bulls led to the Altar, with Garlands on their hornes, and Muſick by their ſides, Act. 14.13. but ſuddenly they feel and fall under the murthering Axe. Such is the hypocrites joy, and Zophar would he ſhould know ſo much, being ſenſible of this, that himſelf was the party in ſpeech; ſith his proſperity had ended in miſery, and God had daſhed all his comforts.