Job 7:21
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, 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 to the LORD, I have sinned greatly in what I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
Job 7:8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more : thy eyes are upon me, and I am not.
Job 10:14If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from my iniquity.
Job 14:10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yes, man yieldeth his breath, and where is he?
Job 20:8He shall fly away as a dream, and will not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Psalms 37:36Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not: yes, 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 →