Job 7:21
And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.
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2 Samuel 24:10And after the people had been numbered, David's heart was troubled. And David said to the Lord, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, O Lord, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly
Job 7:8The eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.
Job 10:14That, if I did wrong, you would take note of it, and would not make me clear from sin:
Job 14:10But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?
Job 20:8He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night.
Psalms 37:36But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.
Matthew Henry on Job 7:18-21
17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? 18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? 19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in… Read the whole commentary →