Job 7:21
Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity?For now shall I lie down in the dust.You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."
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2 Samuel 24:10David's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. David said to the Lord, "I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. But now, Lord, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly."
Job 7:8The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more.Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.
Job 10:14if I sin, then you mark me.You will not acquit me from my iniquity.
Job 14:10But man dies, and is laid low.Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
Job 20:8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found.Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
Psalms 37:36But he passed away, and behold, he was not.Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.SHIN
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 →