19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
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He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? …
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-21)Job here reasons with God, I. Concerning his dealings with man in general ( Job 7:17 , 18 ): What is man, that thou shouldst magnify him ? This may be looked upon either, 1. As a passionate reflection upon the proceedings of divine justice; as if the great God did diminish and disparage himself in contending with man. “Great men think it below them to take cognizance of those who are much their in…
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