If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Ver. 20. If his loins have not blessed me] As being warm clothed by me; not with a suit of words, as those great benefactors, James 2:15,16, who were much in mouth mercy, which indeed is good cheap; but a little handful of Job's wool is much better than a mouthful of such airy courtesies, and would open more mouths to bless men who, today, for the most part, will be but as friends at a sneeze, the most you can get of them is, God bless you. These have as many flouts and curses as Job had well wishes, and God thereby had praises, according to that of our Saviour, Matthew 5:16 .
And if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep] His sheep were his own, else his charity had been unwarrantable. "Honour the Lord with thy substance," Proverbs 3:9, but see it be thine, and not another's. "He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor," Proverbs 22:9; specially if he have spared it out of his own belly to give to the hungry; if it were the bread of his own demense, or allowance, as some interpret it.