21Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
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There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: …
For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
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.
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-21)What Job had said of man’s utter inability to contend with God he here applies to himself, and in effect despairs of gaining his favour, which (some think) arises from the hard thoughts he had of God, as one who, having set himself against him, right or wrong, would be too hard for him. I rather think it arises from the sense he had of the imperfection of his own righteousness, and the dark and cl…
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