Job 16:9-10, Psa 22:13 | JFB | STEP | 9. Image from a wild beast. So God is represented ( ). who hateth me —rather, "and pursues me hard." Job would not ascribe "hatred" to God ( ). mine enemy —rather, "he sharpens, &c., as an enemy " ( ). Darts wrathful glances at me, like a foe ( ).

Job 16:9-10

9. Image from a wild beast. So God is represented (Job 10:16).

who hateth me—rather, "and pursues me hard." Job would not ascribe "hatred" to God (Ps 50:22).

mine enemy—rather, "he sharpens, &c., as an enemy" (Ps 7:12). Darts wrathful glances at me, like a foe (Job 13:24).

10. gaped—not in order to devour, but to mock him. To fill his cup of misery, the mockery of his friends (Job 16:10) is added to the hostile treatment from God (Job 16:9).

smitten . . . cheek—figurative for contemptuous abuse (La 3:30; Mt 5:39).

gathered themselves—"conspired unanimously" [SCHUTTENS].

Psalms 22:13

12, 13. His enemies, with the vigor of bulls and rapacity of lions, surround him, eagerly seeking his ruin. The force of both figures is greater without the use of any particle denoting comparison.