Job 30:20

“I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me, etc.] Which added greatly to his affliction, that though he cried to the Lord for help and deliverance, yet he turned a deaf ear to him; and though he heard him, as undoubtedly he did, he did not answer him immediately; at least not in the way in which he desired and expected he would: crying is expressive of prayer, and supposes distress, and denotes vehemence of spirit: I stand up; in prayer, standing being a prayer gesture, as many observe from (<241501>Jeremiah 15:1); (see Gill on “<400605>Matthew 6:5”); or he persisted in it, he continued praying, was incessant in it, and yet could obtain no answer; or this signifies silence, as some f1107…”

“stand up--the reverential attitude of a suppliant before a king (Kg1 8:14; Luk 18:11-13). not--supplied from the first clause. But the intervening affirmative "stand" makes this ellipsis unlikely. Rather, as in Job 16:9 (not only dost thou refuse aid to me "standing" as a suppliant, but), thou dost regard me with a frown: eye me sternly.”

“I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me - This was a complaint which Job often made, that he could not get the ear of God; that his prayer was not regarded, and that he could not get his cause before him; compare Job 13:3, Job 13:19 ff, and Job 27:9. I stand up - Standing was a common posture of prayer among the ancients; see Hebrews 11:21; 1 Kings 8:14, 1 Kings 8:55; Nehemiah 9:2. The meaning is, that when Job stood up to pray, God did not regard his prayer. return to 'Top of Page'”

“I stand - I pray importunately and continually. Job 30:21”

“30:20-21 you don’t answer: This was Job’s frequent complaint (9:16; 19:7; 23:2-9; 31:35), which God soon answered (38:1).”

“I cry: Job 19:7, Job 27:9; Psa 22:2, Psa 80:4, Psa 80:5; Lam 3:8, Lam 3:44; Mat 15:23 Job 30:21”

“20 I cry to Thee for help, and Thou answerest not; I stand there, and Thou lookest fixedly at me. 21 Thou changest Thyself to a cruel being towards me, With the strength of Thy hand Thou makest war upon me. 22 Thou raisest me upon the stormy wind, Thou causest me to drive along And vanish in the roaring of the storm. 23 For I know: Thou wilt bring me back to death, Into the house of assembly for all living. If he cries for help, his cry remains unanswered; if he stands there looking up reverentially to God (perhaps עמד, with משּׁוּע to be supplied, has the sense of desisting or restraining, as Gen 29:35; Gen 30:9), the troubling, fixed look of God, who looks fixedly and hostilely upon him,…”