John Trapp on Job 30:20

Verſe 20 I cry unto thee, and thou doſt not hear me] This was a ſore trial, that God ſhould caſt him into ſtraits, and there leave him. His enemies indeed he uſually dealeth ſo by, Ezek. 22.20. and 29.5. but not by his ſervants, Heb. 13.5. Or if he do leave them, yet he will not forſake them. The mother leaves her child ſometimes, but when he ſetteth up his note and cryeth luſtily, ſhe haſteneth to help him. So doth God: But now Job cryed unto him, and was not heard or anſwered, to his thinking at leaſt, and that was a great cut to him, as Pſalm 22.2.

I ſtand up] ſcil. To make ſupplication to my Judg, as Haman ſtood up to make requeſt for his life, Eſth. 7.7. as the Publican ſtood and prayed, Luke. 18.13. and as Moſes and Samuel are ſuppoſed to ſtand before God in prayer for their people, Jerem. 15.1. Hence that Proverb amongſt the Jewes, Abſque ſtationibus, non ſtaret mundus. Did not the Saints ſtand in prayer, the world could not ſtand.

And thou regardeſt me not] This was but a Miſtake in Job, for the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his eares are open to their prayers. Only God anſwereth our prayer, non ſecundum voluntatem, tamen ad utilitatem: Not alwayes or as ſoon as we would, but doth that which is better for us, and takes it ill to be miſconſtrued, as he was by Job, witneſſe the next words, bloody words indeed,Accuſat ergo Job Dominum mendacii. Brent. Contumelioſus videriſpoteſt. Merl. and not far from Blaſphemy.