25 Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
25 Did not I weep for him whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
25 Haven't I wept for those who live a hard life, been heartsick over the lot of the poor?
25 Have I not wept for him who was in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
25 Did I not weep for those in trouble? Was I not deeply grieved for the needy?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 30:25
Commentary on Job 30:15-31
(Read Job 30:15-31)
Job complains a great deal. Harbouring hard thoughts of God was the sin which did, at this time, most easily beset Job. When inward temptations join with outward calamities, the soul is hurried as in a tempest, and is filled with confusion. But woe be to those who really have God for an enemy! Compared with the awful state of ungodly men, what are all outward, or even inward temporal afflictions? There is something with which Job comforts himself, yet it is but a little. He foresees that death will be the end of all his troubles. God's wrath might bring him to death; but his soul would be safe and happy in the world of spirits. If none pity us, yet our God, who corrects, pities us, even as a father pitieth his own children. And let us look more to the things of eternity: then the believer will cease from mourning, and joyfully praise redeeming love.