Job 9:27
If I say, I wil forget my complaynt, I will cease from my wrath, and comfort mee,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
In Context
26They are passed as with the most swift ships, and as the eagle that flyeth to the pray.
28Then I am afrayd of all my sorowes, knowing that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.
Cross References
Job 7:11Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my minde.
Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought ye Lord: my sore ranne and ceased not in the night: my soule refused comfort.
Matthew Henry on Job 9:26-35
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. 26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor… Read the whole commentary →