Job 30:11 - Exposition

Because he hath loosed my cord . "He," in this passage, can only be God; and thus Job turns here to some extent from his human persecutors to his great Afflicter, the Almighty. God has "loosened his cord ," i.e. has relaxed his vital fibre, taken away his strength, reduced him to helplessness. Hence, and hence only, do the persecutors dare to crowd around him and insult him. And afflicted me . God has afflicted him with blow after blow—with impoverishment ( Job 1:14-17 ), with bereavement ( Job 1:18 , Job 1:19 ), with a sore malady ( Job 2:7 ). They have also let loose the bridle before me. This has given his persecutors the courage to east aside all restraint, and lead him with insult after insult (verses 1, 9, 10).