Job 16:9 - Exposition

He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me ; literally, his wrath teareth , and he hateth me. God treats Job as severely as if he hated him. That he is actually hated of God Job does not believe; otherwise he would long since have ceased to call upon him, and pour out his heart before him. He gnasheth upon me with his teeth (comp. Psalms 35:16 ; Psalms 37:12 ). Mine enemy (or rather, adversary ) sharpeneth his eyes upon me; i.e. makes me a whetstone on which he sharpens his angry glances.