Job 31:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To smite him with the fist of wickedness, as the phrase is, Isaiah 58:4; to bring him to the judgment-seat, that under colour of justice I might take away his right, as powerful oppressors use to do, or any ways to threaten, injure, or crush him. When I saw my help in the gate; when I understood my advantage against him, and that I could influence the judges to do what I pleased.