Job 5:11

“To set up on high those that be low, etc.] Not the low plants, which, through rain, are made to run up on high, though there is a truth in that; but husbandmen and gardeners, and such like persons, in low circumstances, who, by means of showers of rain, which make their gardens, fields, and lands fruitful, are raised to enjoy good estates, and large possessions: that those which mourn may be exalted to safety; or “are black” f200, that are clothed in black, as a token of mourning; or whose faces are black with famine, (see <250408>Lamentations 4:8 5:10); or are in very distressed circumstances, and black through poverty, as the Targum, and mourn over and grieve at their sad and deplorable…”

“Connected with Job 5:9. His "unsearchable" dealings are with a view to raise the humble and abase the proud (Luk 1:52). Therefore Job ought to turn humbly to Him.”

“To set up on high - That is, who sets up on high; or God exalts those who are low. From the works of nature, Eliphaz passes to the dealings of God with people, as designed to show that he was worthy of confidence. The first proof is, that he showed himself to be the friend of the humble and the afflicted, and often exalted those who were in lowly circumstances, in a manner which evinced his direct interposition. It is to be remembered here, that Eliphaz is detailing the result of his own observation, and stating the reasons which he had observed for putting confidence in God; and the meaning here is, that he had so often seen this done as to show that God was the friend of the humble and the…”

“To set up - That is, he setteth up. Another example of God's great and wonderful works. He gives this instance to comfort and encourage Job to seek to God, because he can raise him out of his greatest depths. Job 5:13”

“set up: Sa1 2:7, Sa1 2:8; Psa 91:14, Psa 107:41; Eze 17:24; Luk 1:52, Luk 1:53 those: Luk 6:21; Jam 1:9, Jam 4:6-10; Pe1 5:10 exalted: Deu 33:27; Pe1 1:3 Job 5:12”