18 "Why then did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me.
18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
18 "Why did you bring me out from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me
18 "So why did you have me born? I wish no one had ever laid eyes on me!
18 'Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!
18 "'Why, then, did you deliver me from my mother's womb? Why didn't you let me die at birth?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 10:18
Commentary on Job 10:14-22
(Read Job 10:14-22)
Job did not deny that as a sinner he deserved his sufferings; but he thought that justice was executed upon him with peculiar rigour. His gloom, unbelief, and hard thoughts of God, were as much to be ascribed to Satan's inward temptations, and his anguish of soul, under the sense of God's displeasure, as to his outward trials, and remaining depravity. Our Creator, become in Christ our Redeemer also, will not destroy the work of his hands in any humble believer; but will renew him unto holiness, that he may enjoy eternal life. If anguish on earth renders the grave a desirable refuge, what will be their condition who are condemned to the blackness of darkness for ever? Let every sinner seek deliverance from that dreadful state, and every believer be thankful to Jesus, who delivereth from the wrath to come.