his wife] Satan useth the same instrument against Job, as he did against Adam. Dost thou still retain thine integrity] Meaning, what gainest thou by serving God, seeing he thus plagueth thee, as though he were thine enemy? This is the most grievous tentation of the faithfull when their faith is assailed, and when Satan goeth about to perswade them, that they trust in God in vain, chap. 21. 15. Malachi 3:14. Or, Dost thou continue still in maintaining thine integrity, when God hath discovered thine hypocrisie? See chap 6. 9. Psalms 69:10. curse God, and die] See notes on chap. 1. 5, 11. Heb. blesse. That is, give glory to God by confessing thy fault before thou diest: or, that thou mayest be cased by death, Joshua 7:19.