Job 7:19
How long wilt Thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
In Context
18And that Thou shouldest remember him every morning, and try him every moment?
Cross References
Job 9:18That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
Job 14:6Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
Psalms 13:1(13-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David. (13-2) How long, O LORD, wilt Thou forget me for ever? How long wilt Thou hide Thy face from 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 →