Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
Ver. 34. Let him take his rod away from me] Having sufficiently set forth that he will not once offer to contend with God, he here humbly begs of God no further to contend with him, but to grant a truce, at least during the treaty; and either to take away or (however) to mitigate his sorrows and sores. See the like Job 13:20,21 .
And let not his fear terrify me] i.e. His formidableness, see Job 7:14 let it not scare me, or put me, as it were, beside my wits, Psalms 88:15, Ne me transversum agat (Sept.).