Job 7:21
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust; and thou shall seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
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2 Samuel 24:10And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: but now, O LORD, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
Job 7:8The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more: thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
Job 10:14If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
Job 14:10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Job 20:8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Psalms 37:36But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
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 →