Job 7

Job Continues: Life Is Hard and Brief

1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? Parallel theme: Job 5:7, Leviticus 25:50, Deuteronomy 15:18, Psalms 39:4, Ecclesiastes 8:8, Isaiah 21:16, 40:2 +2

2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: Parallel theme: Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 24:15, Malachi 3:5, James 5:4

3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. Parallel theme: Psalms 6:6, Ecclesiastes 1:14

4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. Parallel theme: Job 17:12, Deuteronomy 28:67, Psalms 77:4

5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. Parallel theme: Job 17:14, Isaiah 14:11

6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hopeHope: תִּקְוָה (Tikvah). The Hebrew tikvah (תִּקְוָה) means hope or expectation—confident trust in God's promises. 'Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God' (Psalm 146:5).. Hope: Job 6:11, 17:15, Proverbs 14:32. Parallel theme: Job 9:25, 13:15, 16:22, 17:11, Psalms 102:11, 144:4, 1 Peter 1:24 +5

7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. Parallel theme: Psalms 74:18, 78:39, 89:47, 89:50, Jeremiah 15:15, James 4:14

8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. Parallel theme: Job 20:9, Psalms 37:36

9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. Parallel theme: Job 10:21, 16:22, 30:15, 2 Samuel 12:23, 14:14, Psalms 39:13

10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. Parallel theme: Job 8:18, 20:9, Psalms 103:16

11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spiritSpirit: רוּחַ (Ruach). The Hebrew ruach (רוּחַ) means spirit, wind, or breath—invisible but powerful. It describes both the Holy Spirit and the human spirit. God's Spirit gives life and empowers His people.; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Parallel theme: Job 6:26, 10:1, 10:15, 13:13, 16:6, 21:25, 1 Samuel 1:10, Psalms 40:9, Isaiah 38:15, 38:17 +5

12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; Parallel theme: Psalms 6:6

14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: Parallel theme: Daniel 2:1

15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity. Parallel theme: Job 6:9, 9:21, 10:1, 10:20, 14:6, 1 Kings 19:4, Psalms 39:13, Jonah 4:8 +3

17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? Parallel theme: Psalms 8:4, 144:3, Hebrews 2:6

18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? Parallel theme: Jeremiah 9:7, 1 Peter 1:7

19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? Parallel theme: Job 9:18, 14:6

20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? Parallel theme: Job 3:24, Psalms 36:6, Lamentations 3:12

21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquityIniquity: עָוֹן (Avon). The Hebrew avon (עָוֹן) encompasses iniquity, guilt, and its punishment—the twisted nature of sin. 'The LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all' (Isaiah 53:6), Christ bearing our guilt and penalty.? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. Sin: Job 10:14, Isaiah 64:9, 1 John 1:9. Parallel theme: Ecclesiastes 12:7, Daniel 12:2