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Upon man, Heb. upon him, i.e. man, as may seem probable from Job_34:11,15, where man is expressed; and from the next clause of this verse, where he speaks of that
spirit and
breath which is in man. If his eye and heart be upon man, if he diligently and exactly observe him, and all his ways, and whatsoever is amiss in him, and, which follows upon it of course, resolve to punish him. Or, if he set his heart against (as this particle el is used, Amo_7:15, and elsewhere, as hath been noted before) him, to wit, to cut him off. If he gather unto himself; if it please him to gather to himself, to wit, by death, , whereby God is said to take away men’s breath, Psa_104:29, and to gather men’s souls, Psa_26:9, and the spirit is said to return unto God, Ecc_12:7.
His spirit and his breath, i.e. that spirit and breath, or that living soul, that God breathed into man, Gen_2:7, and gives to every man that cometh into the world.