John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 10:9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay ,.... Not of the clay, though man was made originally of the dust of the earth, and the bodies of men are houses of clay, earthen vessels, and earthly tabernacles, but "as the clay"; either as the clay is wrought in the hand of the potter, and worked into what form, and made into what vessel he pleases, so are men in the hand of God, made by him in what form, and for what use and end he thinks fit; or rather this denotes not the... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 10:8
Thine hands have made me, and fashioned together round about ,.... This and what follow are an illustration of and an enlargement upon, the work of God's hands, made mention of in Job 10:3 ; and suggest reasons why it should not be despised by him, as well as confirm what was just now said, that none could deliver him out of his hands; since his hands had made him, and therefore had such power over him as none else had: and the whole seems designed to move to pity and compassion of him;... read more