Job 7:20
I have sinned; what shall I do to thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
Cross References
Job 3:24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Job 7:11Therefore I will not restrain 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 to God, Do not condemn me; show me why thou contendest with me.
Job 13:26For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Job 16:12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Job 31:33If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my 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 →