21And 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.
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If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? …
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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