Job 7:20
If I have sinned, what have I done to thee, O thou watcher of men! Why hast thou set me up as thy mark, So that I have become a burden to myself?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
19How long ere thou wilt look away from me, And let me alone, till I have time to breathe?
Cross References
Job 3:24For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groans are poured 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 unto God, Do not condemn me! Show me wherefore thou contendest with me!
Job 13:26For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me inherit the sins of my youth.
Job 16:12I was at ease, but he hath crushed me; He hath seized me by the neck, and dashed me in pieces; He hath set me up for his mark.
Job 31:33Have I, after the manner of men, hidden my transgression, Concealing my 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 →