Job 9:27

“If I say, I will forget my complaint, etc.] The cause of it, the loss of his children, servants, substance, and health, and endeavour to think no more of these things, and cease complaining about them, and attempt to bury them in oblivion, and change his note: I will leave off my heaviness; his melancholy thoughts, words, airs, and looks; or “forsake my face” f404, put on another countenance, a more pleasent and cheerful one; the Jewish commentators generally interpret it, “my anger”, either at the dispensations of Providence, or at his friends: and comfort [myself]; that things were not worse with him than they were; or strengthen f405 himself, as the word is rendered in (<300509>Amos 5:9);…”

“If I say, I will forget my complaint - If I resolve that I will leave off complaining, and will be more cheerful, I find it all in vain. My fears and sorrows return, and all my efforts to be cheerful are ineffectual I will leave off my heaviness - The word rendered “my heaviness” here (פני pânam) denotes literally “my face;” and the reference is to the sad and sorrowful countenance which he had. “If I should lay that aside, and endeavor to be cheerful.” And comfort myself - The word rendered comfort here (בלג bâlag) in Arabic means to be bright, to shine forth; and it would here be better rendered by “brighten up.” We have the same expression still when we say to one who is sad and…”

“Job 7:13; Psa 77:2, Psa 77:3; Jer 8:18 Job 9:28”