Job 10:16

“For it increaseth, etc.] That is, the affliction increaseth; which is a reason why pity should be shown him, seeing his troubles instead of abating were growing upon him; he had as much, or more, than he could well bear, and yet more was added to it; so that he was an object of compassion: or, “it lifteth itself up” f455; these proud waves of affliction rise, swell, and lift themselves on high, and threaten to overwhelm and utterly destroy; some render it as a “wish, oh, that it increased” f456; that it would come to its height, and quickly and at once put an end to this miserable life of mine: Job’s affliction was a lingering one, it proceeded slowly; he wished it would make more haste, and…”

“increaseth--rather, "(if) I lift up (my head) Thou wouldest hunt me," &c. [UMBREIT]. and again--as if a lion should not kill his prey at once, but come back and torture it again.”

“For it increaseth - Our translators understand this as meaning that the calamities of Job, so far from becoming less, were constantly increasing, and thus augmenting his perplexity and embarrassment. But a somewhat different explanation is given to it by many interpreters. The word rendered “increaseth” (גאה gâ'âh) means properly, to lift up, to lift up oneself, to rise; and Gesenius supposes that it refers here to “the head,” and that the meaning is, “if it lift up itself (sc. my head), thou huntest me as a lion.” It cannot be denied that the notion of pride, elation, haughtiness, is usually connected with the use of the word, but it is not necessary here to depart from the common…”

“Lion - Which hunteth after his prey with great eagerness, and when he overtakes it, falls upon it with great fury. Returnest - The lion tears its prey speedily, and so ends its torments; but thou renewest my calamities again and again, and makest my plagues wonderful both for kind and extremity, and continuance. Job 10:17”

“Thou huntest: Isa 38:13; Lam 3:10; Hos 13:7, Hos 13:8; Amo 3:8 marvellous: Num 16:29, Num 16:30; Deu 28:59 Job 10:17”