Job 7:20
If I have sinned, what do I unto Thee, O Thou watcher of men? Why hast Thou set me as a mark for Thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 instead of my food, and my roarings are poured out like water.
Job 7:11Therefore I will not refrain 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; make me know wherefore Thou contendest with me.
Job 13:26That Thou shouldest write bitter things against me, and make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.
Job 16:12I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; He hath also set me up for His mark.
Job 31:33If after the manner of men I covered my transgressions, 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 →