14If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-22)Here we have, I. Job’s passionate complaints. On this harsh and unpleasant string he harps much, in which, though he cannot be justified, he may be excused. He complained not for nothing, as the murmuring Israelites, but had cause to complain. If we think it looks ill in him, let it be a warning to us to keep our temper better. 1. He complains of the strictness of God’s judgment and the rigour of…
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