John Trapp on Job 8:3

Verſe 3. Doth God pervert judgment?] By not puniſhing the wicked: or doth the Almighty pervert juſtice? by not rewarding the righteous (ſo the Hebrews expound it) Why no: neither did Job ever ſay ſuch a thing; only he had pathetically ſet forth the greatneſs of his pain, and the unkindneſs of his friends, and wiſhed to die rather then to endure it. Now this was conſtrued for blaſphemy, or little leſs: and Bildad is very hot in his invective againſt Job, as good reaſon he had, if he had not been ſo miſtaken. Here he wreſteth in a moſt true propoſition (commondam ſanè ſed non acc[illegible: 1 letter]mmodam) but yet ſuch a one as very little concerned this preſent diſputation: and he doth it with as ſmall wiſedom and diſcretion, ſaith Beza, as with great pride and confidence. For doth it either argue Job and hypocrite, and wicked man, or charge God with injuſtice if it be ſaid, that Job for his ſins was not ſo afflicted by God (whereas he in the mean time denieth not himſelf to be a ſinner, and to have deſerved Gods heavy hand upon him) but rather proved and tryed by him according to his good pleaſure? yet Bildad goeth on as if he had done very well: and in the next verſe in plain words boldly avoucheth that Jobs children were by Gods judgment deſtroyed with the fall of the houſe, whatever betid their ſouls.