but was one that humbled himself under the mighty hand of God, which is further confirmed by the next clause:and defiled my horn, in the dust: as he did when he sat in ashes, as he afterwards repented in dust and ashes; and it was usual in the times of mourning to put dust or ashes upon the head; which may be meant by his horn, the horn of a beast, to which the allusion is, being in the head; and this may be put for the whole body, which sometimes, on such occasions, was rolled in dust and ashes, see Jos 7:6; and the horn being an emblem of grandeur, power, and authority, may denote that Job now laid aside all the ensigns of it, and was content to have his honour laid in the dust, and lie low before God, and not lift up his horn unto him, and much less stretch out his hand against him; the Targum is,"I sprinkled my glory in or with dust.'
' ydlg yle "super laceram cutem", Schultens; "cutis eaque laesa et ulceribus percussa", Stockius, p. 188. dlg "cutim percusiit", Hottinger. Smegma Orient. p. 135.