Job 19:22, Psa 14:4 | JFB | STEP | 22. as God —has persecuted me. Prefiguring Jesus Christ ( ). That God afflicts is no reason that man is to add to a sufferer's affliction ( ). satisfied with my flesh —It is not enough that God afflicts my flesh literally ( ), but you must "eat my flesh" metaphorically ( ); that is, utter the worst calumnies, as the phrase often means in Arabic.

Job 19:22

22. as God—has persecuted me. Prefiguring Jesus Christ (Ps 69:26). That God afflicts is no reason that man is to add to a sufferer's affliction (Zec 1:15).

satisfied with my flesh—It is not enough that God afflicts my flesh literally (Job 19:20), but you must "eat my flesh" metaphorically (Ps 27:2); that is, utter the worst calumnies, as the phrase often means in Arabic.

Psalms 14:4

4-6. Their conduct evinces indifference rather than ignorance of God; for when He appears in judgment, they are stricken with great fear.

who eat up my people—to express their beastly fury (Pr 30:14; Hab 3:14). To "call on the Lord" is to worship Him.