Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 13:19

"Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost." — Job 13:19 (ASV)

If I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. —A marvelous confession, equivalent to, “If I give up my faith in Him who is my salvation, and my personal innocence, which goes hand-in-hand with it, I shall perish. To give up my innocence is to give up Him in whom I hold my innocence, and in whom I live.”