John Trapp on Job 35:9

Verſe 9 By reaſon of the multitude (or magnitude) of oppreſſions, &c.] Or, Of the oppreſſed, whom they (that is, whom the Oppreſſours, not worthy to be named, as neither is that rich glutton, Luke 16.) make to cry. Job had ſaid, chap. 24.12. Men groan out of the City, and the ſoul of the wounded cryeth out; yet God layeth no[illegible: 1 letter] folly to them; He puniſheth not the wrong-dealers according to their deſerts as Elihu interprets Job; and here refuteth him, as one that accuſed God of injuſtice, becauſe he heareth not the cryes of the oppreſſed. But this is meerly their own fault, faith Elihu; becauſe they cry not to God with truth and devotion: They ask and miſs, becauſe they ask amiſs. For God never faileth to be with his afflicted, Pſal. 91. to preſerve the ſimple, as David found by experience, Pſal. 116. to hear thoſe that call upon him in truth, Pſal. 145. &c. he requireth nothing of them but lawful petitions, and honeſt hearts, and then they are ſure to have out their prayers, either in money, or moneys worth; either the ſame thing they ask, or a better.

They cry out by reaſon of the arm of the mighty] Magnatum. Such as was Pompey, of whom the Romans cryed out, Noſtrâ miſeria [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 letter]o Magnus. We rue by thy greatneſſe, and are ruined. The greater any man is, unleſſe gratious alſo, the more he thinks he may oppreſs the meaner ſort. They eate up my people,Videri poſſu[illegible: 2 letters] magnates non[illegible: 1 letter] alio loco habe[illegible: 1 letter] tenuas quam minutos piſcic[illegible: 1 letter] los, quos confe[illegible: 1 letter] tim & pleno o[illegible: 1 letter] pro deliciis eſ[illegible: 1 letter] tent. Merl. as they eate bread, Pſal. 14. as ſo many Canibals; and as the bigger fiſhes devour the leſſer: they lay load upon them without mercy or meaſure, they beat them with a ſtrong arm, and make them cry aloud, filling the air with their complaints, as nature teacheth even bruit beaſts to do when they are hurt. It was not patience but pertinacy, an obſtinate ſtiffeneſs of mind, that made ſome Heathens, as Mithridates, Marius, Epicurus, &c. forbear crying, when grievouſly tormented.