John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 30:10
They abhor me ,.... As it is no wonder they should, since his inward and most intimate friends did, Job 19:19 ; they abhorred him, not for any evil in him; Job was ready enough to abhor that himself, and himself for it, as he did when sensible of it, Job 42:6 ; but for the good that was in him, spoken or done by him; which carried in it a reproof to them they could not bear; see Amos 5:10 ; they abhorred him also because of his present meanness and poverty, and because of his... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 30:9
And now am I their song ,.... The subject of their song, of whom they sung ballads about the streets, in public places, and at their festivals and merriments, as Christ the antitype of Job was the song of the drunkard, Psalm 69:12 ; see Lamentations 3:14 ; or the meaning may be, they rejoiced in his afflictions and calamities, and made themselves merry with them, which was cruel and inhuman, as David's enemies did in his, and those abject, mean, base people, like those that derided Job:... read more