Job 7:21
And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.
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2 Samuel 24:10And David's heart smote him after he had numbered the people. And David said to Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; and now, I beseech thee, Jehovah, put away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
Job 7:8The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no [more]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
Job 10:14If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity.
Job 14:10But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
Job 20:8He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.
Psalms 37:36but he passed away, and behold, he was not; and I sought him, but he was not found.
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 →