Job 7:20
Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
19How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Cross References
Job 3:24For my sighing cometh before my bread, and my groanings are poured out like the waters.
Job 7:11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me.
Job 13:26For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth;
Job 16:12I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Job 31:33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
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 →