I remembered God, and was troubled
Either the mercy, grace, and goodness of God, as Jarchi; how
ungrateful he had been to him, how sadly he had requited him, how
unthankful and unholy he was, notwithstanding so much kindness;
and when he called this to mind it troubled him; or when he
remembered the grace and goodness of God to him in time past, and
how it was with him now, that it was not with him as then; this
gave him uneasiness, and set him a praying and crying, that it
might be with him as heretofore, ( Job
29:2-4 ) , or rather he remembered the greatness and majesty
of God, his power and his justice, his purity and holiness, and
himself as a worm, a poor weak creature, sinful dust and ashes,
not able to stand before him; he considered him not as his father
and friend, but as an angry Judge, incensed against him, and
demanding satisfaction of him:
I complained;
of sin and sorrow, of affliction and distress: or "I prayed", or
"meditated" F12; he thought on his case, and prayed
over it, and poured out his complaint unto God, yet found no
relief:
and my spirit was overwhelmed;
covered with grief and sorrow, pressed down with affliction,
ready to sink and faint under it:
Selah: (See Gill on Psalms 3:2).