Job 10:1
My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.
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In Context
2I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.
Cross References
Numbers 11:15If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.
Job 3:20Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;
Job 5:20When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
Job 6:8If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!
Job 6:26My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.
Job 7:16I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.
Matthew Henry on Job 10:1
Job owns here that he was full of confusion ( ver. 15 ), and as he was so was his discourse: he knew not what to say, and perhaps sometimes scarcely knew what he said. In this chapter, I. He complains of the hardships he was under ( ver. 1-7 ), and then comforts himself with this, that he was in the hand of the God that made him, and pleads that, ver. 8-13 . II. He complains again of the severity of God's dealings with him ( ver. 14-17 ), and then comforts himself with this, that death would put an end to his… Read the whole commentary →