John Trapp on Job 3:9

Verſe 9. Let the ſtarres of the twilight thereof be dark] If the ſtarres of its twilight be dark, how great is that darkneſſe? Iob would not have this night to have light of ſtarres, or hope of day-dawn, hope of better, or place of worſe. And this part of the curſe he reſerveth to the laſt place, as worſe then any of the former Semblably, that judgment of Pining away in their iniquity, is the laſt that God denounceth, Lev. 26.39. after thoſe other diſmal ones there to befall the diſobedient. And that Rev. 22.11, Let him that is filthy be filthy ſtill, is the laſt, but not the leaſt (of thoſe that befall in this life) threatned in all the New Teſtament.

Let it look for light, but have none] Heb. but none. Loſſe of expectation is a great loſſe: Eſau found it ſo: and the mother of Siſera, Iudg. 5.28. and thoſe ſhall once, that come knocking and bouncing at heaven gates, with Lord, Lord, open unto us, and ſhall hear, Depart ye. The hopes of the wicked fail them when at higheſt: whereas the Saints find that comfort in extremity which they durſt not expect: their light ſhall riſe in obſcurity, Eſay 58.10. it ſhall ſhine more and more unto the perfect day, Prov 4.18.

Let it no[illegible: 1 letter] ſee the dawning of the day.] Heb. The eye-lids of the morning; that is, the firſt breakings of light, the morning rayes or beams peeping abroad. Theſe this night muſt never ſee. Heaven is a nightleſſe day, Hell a dayleſſe night. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Fire there is, but without light: it burneth, but ſhineth not to thoſe Reprobates who are in tenebras ex ten[illegible: 1 letter]bris infeliciter excluſi, infeliciùs excludendi; thruſt into outer darkneſſe, a darkneſſe beyond a darkneſſe, as the dungeon is beyond the priſon, Matth. 8.12.