Job 9:27
If I say, 'I will forget my complaint,I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;'
New Heart English Bible
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 have passed away as the swift ships,as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
28I am afraid of all my sorrows,I know that you will not hold me innocent.
Cross References
Job 7:11"Therefore I will not keep silent.I will speak in the anguish of my spirit.I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord.My hand was stretched out in the night, and did not get tired.My soul refused to be comforted.
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 →