John Trapp on Job 7:12

Verſe 12. Am I a ſea, or a whale] Can I bear all troubles, as the ſea receives all waters, and the whale beares all tempeſts? This (as is well obſerved) was too bold a ſpeech to God from a creature: for when his hand is on our backs, our hands ſhould be upon our mouths, as Pſalm 39.9. I was dumb, or (as others read it.) I ſhould have been dumb — becauſe thou didſt it. But it is a faire ſtep to perfection and victory, when one can kiſſe Gods rod and ſay, as Pſalm 44.17. All this is come upon us, yet have we not forgotten thee, nor declined from thy way. Job was not without his impatiencies: but being he was right for the maine, and at length bewailed them, God looked not upon him as he doth upon thoſe refractaries, who to their impatience adde impenitence; and to their paſſive diſobedience, active.

That thou ſet teſt a watch over me?] That thou ſurroundeſt me with ſorrowes, and wilt not ſuffer me to die?Pſal. 191. [illegible: 1 letter]ſal. 141.3. Here Job ſhould have ſet a better watch over his lips then thus boiſterouſly to have bluſtered againſt God (who is [non-Latin text not transcribed], not to be called to an account for his proceedings) like the raging ſea, or unruly whirle-poole. He ſhould have conſidered, that the beſt men have ſomewhat of the ſea in them, that muſt be bounded; and ſomewhat of the whale, that muſt be watched and kept under: and that God never layes more upon a man then there is need, though he may think otherwiſe.