Job 19:11

“He hath also kindled his wrath against me, etc.] In this and some following verses the metaphor is taken from a state of warfare, in which enemies are engaged in an hostile way, (<181912>Job 19:12); in which way Job apprehended God was come forth against him; he imagined that the wrath of God, which is comparable to fire for its force and fury, was kindled against him; that it began to appear, and was bursting out in a flame upon him, and all around him, to consume him; he thought his afflictions were in wrath, which is often the mistaken apprehension of good men, (see <193801> Psalm 38:1 88:7,16); and that the terrors of it were set in battle array against him, (<180604>Job 6:4); and he…”

“enemies-- (Job 13:24; Lam 2:5).”

“He hath also kindled his wrath - He is angry. Wrath in the Scriptures is usually represented as burning or inflamed - because like fire it destroys everything before it. And he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies - He treats me as he would an enemy. The same complaint he elsewhere makes; see Job 13:24; perhaps also in Job 16:9. We are not to understand Job here as admitting that “he” was an enemy of God. He constantly maintained that he was not, but he was constrained to admit that God “treated him” as if he were his enemy, and he could not account for it. “On this ground,” therefore, he now maintains that his friends ought to show him compassion, instead of trying to prove that he…”

“kindled: Deu 32:22; Psa 89:46, Psa 90:7 he counteth: Job 13:24, Job 16:9, Job 33:10; Lam 2:5 Job 19:12”