He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as [one of] his enemies.
Ver. 11. He hath also kindled his wrath against me] Now if his wrath was kindled, yea, but a little, woe be to all those against whom it is bent. He will surely heap mischiefs upon them, he will spend his arrows upon them, Deu 32:22-23 Psalms 2:12. Job felt them striking in the sides of his soul, even the envenomed arrows of the Almighty; and yet this was only a refiner's fire, Malachi 3:2, or, if a consuming fire, as Hebrews 12:29, yet it was to waste his corruptions only, to sever the sin which he hated from the Son whom he loved; to try and exercise his patience, &c., all which notwithstanding, he complaineth heavily about these spunks and sparks of divine displeasure.
And counteth me unto him as one of his enemies] Heb. As his enemies; not as a single enemy, but a rabble of rebels, an army of enemies, such as shall one day meet at Armageddon, their rendezvous. See Job 13:24 .