Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Ver. 5. Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out] The ensuing description of a wicked man's unhappiness in like, at death, and after death, is very true, and daintily set forth, but falsely and wrongfully wrested against Job. Yea, or of a surety, the light of the wicked shall be put out, though thou wilt not hear of it; but the truth shall be spoken, however it be taken, and thou shalt hereby see thyself to be a wicked man, because thy light is extinct, that is, thy outward prosperity, fitly compared to light, because, 1. It cheereth our minds; 2. Directeth our hands to every business; 3. Lesseneth our frights; 4. Rendereth us conspicuous. The light of the wicked shall put out itself (so some render it); he is commonly the cause of his own ruin (Merlin).
And the spark of his fire shall not shine] He is quenched as the fire of the thorns, Psalms 118:12. Whereof, after a while, neither spark nor spunk remaineth.