John Trapp on Job 24:12

Verſe 12. Men groan from out of the City] viz. Under the preſſures of their oppreſſors. Thus did Jeruſalem that faithful City, when once become an harlot; it was full of judgement, righteouſneſs lodged in it; but now murderers, Iſa. 1.21. The like die the City of Rome, when, under the Government of Marius ſet up againſt Sylla, ſhe cryed out that the remedy was worſe than the diſeaſe: and under Pompey, Calamitas noſtra magnus eſt: and under the Caeſars, that the names of their good Emperours might all be ſet down in the compaſs of a ſignet-ring: and again under the Popes, that for many years together ſhe had not had the happineſs to be ruled by any but Reprobates: Hen, hen, Domine Deus, ſaith Faſciculus temporum, bitterly bewayling Romes miſery under her turbulent Tyrants, Hildebrand, Ʋrban 2. (whom Cardinal Benno worthily calleth Turban) Boniface 8. and many other ſuch like Monſters. Of moſt great Cities it may be ſaid, as of that ſtrange vineyard in Paleſtin[illegible: 1 letter], Iſa. 5.7. God looked for judgement, but behold oppreſſion (Heb. a ſcab.) for righteouſneſs, but behold a cry. Anima confoſſorum veciferatur.

And the ſoul of the wounded (of the deadly wounded) cryeth out] ſc. For grief; and in prayer to God for eaſe.

Yet God layeth not folly to them] Deus non ponit prohibitionem, ſo one of the Rabbins rendreth it. God putteth not a ſtop to the proceedings, he puniſheth not thoſe Tyrants, who do oppreſs whole Cities, making their luſt a Law, and overbearing all right with their Volumus & jubemus: nothing at all moved with the groans of the oppreſſed City, or with the out-cryes of the wounded. Word for word it is, Deus non interponit inſulſ[illegible: 1 letter]m quid, God interpoſeth not any thing inſulſe or unſavory; that is, he ſuffereth not any croſs mean while to befal them: Yea, he ſo carrieth the matter, as if he favoured them; yea, approved and proſpered their crafty and cruel practiſes: For they live happy, obtain victories, are magnified among men,Yull. de divin. lib. 2. they flatter themſelves in their own eyes, until their iniquity be found to be hateful, Pſal. 36.2. Mean while, foelix ſcelus virtus vocatur; as the Oratour ſpeaketh, their proſperous villany is called vertue: and if any man mutter againſt them,Di[illegible: 1 letter] in Ner. yea if he cry them not up, he is looked upon as a Traytor, as Thraſeas that noble Roman was by Nero.