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Job_19:19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
Ver. 19. All my inward friends abhorred me] Heb. All the mortals of my counsel, q.d. My most intimate acquaintance and associates, my highest confidants, to whom I was wont to open my bosom, and with whom I maintained closest correspondence; lo, these now abhor me, and keep aloof off from me; yea, they apostatize from their professed friendship; and renouncing the laws of love, they deal despitefully with me, and are turned against me. Such a one was Ahithophel to David, Psa_55:14-15, Judas to Christ, Mat_26:23, and Bildad to Job (as some conceive that he conceited by the latter clause of this verse).
And they whom I loved, &c.] Heb. And this man whom I loved, this bitter Bildad, that in his last speech hath so grievously galled me, who have hitherto so highly prized him. What? thou, my son Bildad? Káé óõ ôåêíïí Bóïõôå ; This went to the very heart of him, as afterwards it did of David, when for his love they were his adversaries, when they rewarded him evil for good, and hatred for his good will, Psa_109:4-5. Precious therefore and worthy of all acceptation is that advice of the prophet Micah, Mic_7:5-7, "Trust not in a friend, put not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom," Eõìåôáâëçôïí æùïí ï öéëïò . "For the son dishonoureth the father … a man’s enemies are the men of his own house. Look therefore unto the Lord," &c. All that trust in him shall triumph; but for others we may be compelled to complain, with Queen Elizabeth, In trust I have found treason, &c.