John Trapp on Job 6:11

Verſe 11. What is my ſtrength, that I ſhould hope?] q. d. Thou haſt told me (O Eliphaz) that if I frame to a patient and peaceable behaviour under Gods chaſtiſement, I ſhall go to my grave in a good old age: &c. but, alaſſe, it is now paſt time of day with me for that matter: my breath is corrupt, my dayes are extinct, the graves are ready for me, chap. 17.1.] Were I as young and luſty as ever I have been, ſome ſuch things as ye have promiſed me might be hoped for; but alaſſe, the map of age is figured on my forehead, the calenders of death appeare in the furrowes of my face: beſides my many ſores and ſickneſſes, which if they continue but a while, will certainly make an end of mee.

And what is mine end] i.e. The later part of my life: what is that elſe, but trouble and ſorrow? ſee this elegantly ſet forth by Solomon, Eccleſ. 12.2, 3, 4, &c.

That I ſhould prolong my life] That I ſhould deſire my life to be prolonged or eeked out to that? De re r[illegible: 1 letter]ſt. lib. 1. cap. 1. Rather let it be my [illegible: 1 letter]are with Varro, ut ſarcinas colligam antequàm proficiſcar è vita, to be ready for death, which ſeemeth ſo ready for mee.