Job 7:21
Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me — and I am not!
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2 Samuel 24:10And the heart of David smiteth him, after that he hath numbered the people, and David saith unto Jehovah, 'I have sinned greatly in that which I have done, and now, O Jehovah, cause to pass away, I pray Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly.'
Job 7:8The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes [are] upon me — and I am not.
Job 10:14If I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit me,
Job 14:10And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where [is] he?
Job 20:8As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,
Psalms 37:36And he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not 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 →