Charles Spurgeon Commentary Job 19:1-2

"Then Job answered and said, How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?" — Job 19:1-2 (ASV)

They struck at him with their hard words, as if they were breaking stones on the roadside. We ought to be very careful what we say to those who are suffering affliction and trial, for a word, though it seems to be a very little thing, will often cut far more deeply and wound far more terribly than a razor would. So Job says, How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?