26For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
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Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-28)Here, I. Job enquires after his sins, and begs to have them discovered to him. He looks up to God, and asks him what was the number of them ( How many are my iniquities ?) and what were the particulars of them: Make me to know my transgressions , Job 13:23. His friends were ready enough to tell him how numerous and how heinous they were, Job 22:5. “But, Lord,” says he, “let me know them from thee;…
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