He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. (d) Meaning, out of his afflictions.
He hath stripped me of my glory,.... The metaphor of a traveller may be still continued, who falling among thieves is stripped of his clothes, to which the allusion may be: Job was not stripped of his glory in a spiritual sense, not of the glorious robe of Christ's righteousness, nor of the graces of the Spirit, which makes saints all glorious within; but in...
Job 19:7-11 7 Behold I cry violence, and I am not heard; I cry for help, and there is no justice. 8 My way He hath fenced round, that I cannot pass over, And He hath set darkness on my paths. 9 He hath stripped me of mine honour, And taken away the crown from my head.
Commenting on Job 19:7-11