Job 7:20
If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
Majority Standard Bible
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In Context
19Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
Cross References
Job 3:24I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
Job 7:11Therefore I will not restrain 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 to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
Job 13:26For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
Job 16:12I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
Job 31:33if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
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 →