Job 7:21
If so why don't you pardon my sins, and take away my guilt? Right now I'm going to lie down in the dust, and though you will look for me, I will be gone.”
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2 Samuel 24:10Afterwards, David felt really bad for ordering the census. He said to God, “I have committed a terrible sin by doing this. Please take away the guilt of your servant, for I have been very stupid.”
Job 7:8Those watching me won't see me anymore; your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.
Job 10:14to watch me, and if I sinned, then you would not forgive my wrongs.
Job 14:10But human beings die, their strength dwindles away; they perish, and where are they then?
Job 20:8They will vanish like a dream, never to be found, fleeing like a vision of the night.
Psalms 37:36But when I passed that way the next time, they were gone. I searched for them but couldn't find them.
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 →