Job 7:21
And why wilt thou not forgive my transgression, and let my iniquity pass away? for soon must I lie down in the dust; and thou wilt seek for me, but I shall be no more.
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2 Samuel 24:10And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, cause the iniquity of thy servant to pass away; for I have acted very foolishly.
Job 7:8The eye of him that seeth me now will not behold me again: [thou fixest] thy eyes upon me, and I am no more.
Job 10:14If I have sinned, then dost thou watch me, and from my iniquity thou wilt not declare me guiltless.
Job 14:10But man dieth, and lieth powerless: yea, the son of earth departeth—and where is he?
Job 20:8Like a dream will he fly away, and men will find him no more; yea, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
Psalms 37:36Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was no more: and I sought him, but he could not be 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 →