5Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
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But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. …
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. …
And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Here is, I. A passionate resolution to persist in his complaint, Job 10:1. Being daunted with the dread of God’s majesty, so that he could not plead his cause with him, he resolves to give himself some ease by giving vent to his resentments. He begins with vehement language: “ My soul is weary of my life , weary of this body, and impatient to get clear of it, fallen out with life, and displeased a…
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