Charles Spurgeon Commentary Job 19:5-6

"If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach; Know now that God hath subverted me [in my cause], And hath compassed me with his net." — Job 19:5-6 (ASV)

Job seems to say, "I did not bring this trouble upon myself; it is God who has laid it upon me. Be careful that, in reproaching me for my trouble, you do not also reproach God." I suppose that not all of us can see into the inner meaning of these words, but if we are in very severe trouble, and those who ought to comfort us are bringing cruel accusations against us, we will read the language of Job with considerable sympathy and satisfaction.