But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest
The affliction and evil that he feared, ( Job 3:25 ) ; or rather the
same trials and afflictions were come upon him as had been on
those whom he had instructed and reproved, and whose hands and
hearts he had strengthened and comforted; and yet now thou
thyself "faintest", or "art weary" F26, or art bore down and
sinkest under the burden, and bearest it very impatiently
F1, quite contrary to the advice given
to others; and therefore it was concluded he could not be a
virtuous, honest, and upright man at heart, only in show and
appearance. Bolducius renders the words, "God cometh unto thee",
or "thy God cometh"; very wrongly, though the sense may be the
same; God cometh and visits thee by laying his afflicting hand
upon thee:
it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled;
suggesting that it was but a touch, a slight one, a light
affliction; thereby lessening Job's calamity and distress, or
making little and light of it, and aggravating his impatience
under it, that for such a trial as this he should be so
excessively troubled, his passions should be so violently moved,
and he be thrown into so much disorder and confusion, and be
impatient beyond measure; no bounds being set to his grief, and
the expressions of it; yea, even to be in the utmost
consternation and amazement, as the word F2
signifies.