Job 7:20
I have sinned; what shall I do unto you, O you preserver of men? why have you set me as a mark against you, so that I am a burden to myself?
Updated King James Version
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In Context
19How long will you not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Cross References
Job 3:24For my sighing comes before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Job 7:11Therefore I will not refrain 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 you contend with me.
Job 13:26For you write bitter things against me, and make me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Job 16:12I was at ease, but he has broken me asunder: he has also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Job 31:33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine 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 →