John Trapp on Job 9:16

Verſe 16. If I had called and he had anſwered] If in confidence of mine own righteouſneſſe I had ſought ſome, good thing at his hands, and he had therein condeſcended to me; yet would I not believe that he had (in mercy) hearkned to my voice; but rather, for a further miſchief, that he might roll himſelf upon me, as Joſeph upon his brethren, and as God did upon the Iſraelites after their quails; that he might tear them with his tempeſt &c. Some think that Job ſpeaketh theſe words, as deſpairing of audience, or denying Gods particular providence: but neither of theſe is likely. Rather it ſeemeth (ſaith Pineda) to be the ſpeech of a mind marvellouſly caſt down, and meanly conceited of himſelf, and of his prayer: and truſting to the goodneſſe of God alone; ſo Druſius. Job ſpeaketh not this, ſaith he, out of diffidence, but out of fear of Gods judgments, and ſenſe of his own imperfections.

Yet I would not believe that he had hearkned unto my voice] Namely, for any worth that he findeth in it: what am I poor creature, that I ſhould think I had carried the matter with God?