“As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
Job's discourse here is called a parable (mashal), the title of Solomon's proverbs, because it was grave and weighty, and very instructive, and he spoke as one having authority. It comes from a word that signifies to rule, or have dominion; and some think it intimates that Job now triumphed over his opponents, and spoke as one that had baffled them.
Commenting on Job 27:1-6
As God liveth,.... Which is an oath, as Jarchi observes, and is a form of one frequently used, see Sa2 2:27; and is used by God himself, who, because he can swear by no greater, swears by himself, and by his life, which ever continues, as in Eze 18:3; and many other places; and so the Angel of the Lord, even the uncreated Angel, Dan...
(Sa1 20:3). taken away . . . judgment--words unconsciously foreshadowing Jesus Christ (Isa 53:8; Act 8:33). God will not give Job his right, by declaring his innocence. vexed--Hebrew, "made bitter" (Rut 1:20).