Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
In this second part of Job's complaint, which is very bitter, and has a great many sorrowful accents in it, we may observe a great deal that he complains of and some little that he comforts himself with. I. Here is much that he complains of. 1. In general, it was a day of great affliction and sorrow. (1.) Affliction seized him, and surprised him.
Commenting on Job 30:15-31
Terrors are turned upon me,.... Not the terrors of a guilty conscience, for Job had a clear one, and held fast his integrity; nor the terrors of a cursing and condemning law, for he knew he was justified by his living Redeemer, and his sins forgiven for his sake; nor the terrors of death, for that he had made familiar to him, and greatly desired...
they--terrors. soul--rather, "my dignity" [UMBREIT]. welfare--prosperity. cloud-- (Job 7:9; Isa 44:22).