John Trapp on Job 7:17

Verſe 17. What is man that thou ſhouldſt magnify him?] i. e. make ſo much adoe about him, or look upon him as a fit match for the great God to grapple with, Pſalm 14.3. or to take care of his affairs? Debile argumentum, ſaith Vatablus here, a poor argument: but Job maketh uſe of all kind of arguments to move God to make an end of him: Domine fac finem, fac finem, ſaid dying Eraſmus; but what he meant by thoſe words, I know not, ſaith Melancthon, who reporteth it.

And that thou ſhouldſt ſet thine heart upon him?] So as to make any account of ſo mean and miſerable a creature, Pſalm 144.3. to magnifie him whom thou mighteſt rather vilifie, or indeed, nullifie; or, that thou ſhouldst ſet they heart againſt him, ſc. to deſtroy him, as chap. 34.14. That's but an ignoble conteſt; ubi & vincere inglorium eſt, & atteriſordidum.