Job 7:20
What have I done wrong? What have I done to you, Watcher of Humanity? Why have you made me your target, so that I'm a burden even to myself?
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In Context
19Won't you ever leave me alone long enough to catch my breath?
Cross References
Job 3:24My groans are the bread I eat; my raging tears are the water I drink.
Job 7:11So, no, I won't hold my tongue—I will speak in the agony of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:2I will tell God, “Don't just condemn me—tell me what you have against me.
Job 13:26For you write down bitter things against me and pay me back for the sins of my youth.
Job 16:12I was living in peace and he smashed me to pieces. He grabbed me by the neck and dashed me to pieces. He set me up as his target.
Job 31:33Have I concealed my sins from others, hiding my wrongdoing deep inside me?
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 →