John Trapp on Job 24:8

Verſe 8. They are wet with the ſhowers of the mountains] Wet they are, but not at all refreſhed as this word (here only found in the Bible) ſignifieth ſometimes among the Rabbins. Cold comfort they finde abroad; and at home they dare not abide, leſt rich men ſhould oppreſs them and draw them before the judgement-ſeats, Jam. 2.6. or drag them to priſon for refuſing their drudgery. Hence they are forced to live in the mountains, and deſart places, in extreme miſery.

And embrace the Rock for want of a ſhelter] Like Conies or wild Beaſts, glad of any lurking place, that may keep them out of the hands of unreaſonable and wicked men. What hardſhip have many worthy men in all ages ſuffered from perſecutors and oppreſſors (in Dio[illegible: 1 letter]leſians dayes eſpecially) driven out of houſe and harbour, and glad to take up in any hole, there to lie on the cold ſtone in ſtead of a warm bed, (as that good Dutcheſs of Suffolk, with that noble Gentleman her Husband did in the Low-countries, whiter they fled from the Marian perſecution) till,In Loc. as Elias once under the Juniper, they wiſh themſelves out of the world? Iterùm hîc diſc[illegible: 1 letter] gratias Deo agere, ſaith L[illegible: 1 letter]vater. Here again learn to give thanks to God for this great benefit, if thou maieſt ſtay at home, and not be forced to flie for thy life, or for conſcience-ſake; for home is home, as we ſay, and very deſireable: and the Apoſtle reckons it for a piece of his ſufferings, that he was [illegible: 1 word], and had no ſettled ſtation, [non-Latin text not transcribed] no certain dwelling place, 1 Cor. 4.11.