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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-21

In this chapter Job first bewails his miserable fate, of which he expects no alleviation (verses 1-10); then claims an unlimited right of complaint (verse 11); and finally enters into direct expostulation with God—an expostulation which continues from verse 12 to the end of the chapter. At the close, he admits his sinfulness (verse 20), but asks impatiently why God does not pardon it instead of visiting it with such extreme vengeance (verse 21). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:11-16

Job to God: 2. The opening of the third controversy. I. A DANGEROUS RESOLUTION . 1 . The purport of it. To complain, not merely to repine against the misery of his lot, but to express his sense of Jehovah's cruelty in first afflicting him and then vouchsafing him no response to his solemn and pathetic appeal. If murmurings against one's outward estate are sometimes natural and even excusable, they are always perilous, even where not actually sinful. Those who begin by finding... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:11-16

Fresh recourse to the relief of words. The prayer seems, in this dark state of despondency, in vain; and Job's despair overflows all bounds and pours itself forth in a dark stream of thoughts and words. I. SUFFERINGS MISUNDERSTOOD . One might suppose, he argues, from these intense oppressions, that he was some dangerous creature, who could not be chained down too closely nor be watched too narrowly (verse 12)—one to whom not a moment's rest must be given, that he may not in his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:11-16

The cry of despair. Job is in the depth of his suffering. His heart is sore broken. He bursts forth with his loud complaint, which he can no longer restrain. His spirit seeks relief in its cry. Every cry is supposed to give relief. But the bitter cry of despair, coming up from the depths of excruciating sorrow, often marks the turning-point in the history of suffering. Its vanity and uselessness being made apparent, the soul returns to a calmer and more collected state. I. THE CRY ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:12

Job now begins his complaint, which is wholly addressed to God. The heads of it are: (5) that he is made a butt for God's arrows (verse 20); and Am I a sea, or a whale? rather, Am I a sea, or a sea-monster ? Am I as wild and uncontrollable as the ocean, as fierce and savage as a crocodile or other monster of the deep? Do I not possess reason and conscience, by which I might be directed and guided? Why, then, am I treated as if I were without them? The sea must be watched, lest it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:13-14

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint . Sometimes, notwithstanding his many "wearisome nights" ( Job 7:5 ), Job would entertain a hope of a few hours' rest and tranquillity, as, wearied and exhausted, he sought his couch, and laid himself down upon it, but only to be disappointed. Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions . Unpleasant dreams are said to be a symptom, or at any rate a frequent concomitant, of elephantiasis; but Job... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:14

Scared with dreams. This seems to be one of the symptoms of Job's terrible disease, elephantiasis. Sleep even does not give him rest from his sufferings. The bodily torments of the day only give place to horrible dreams and alarming visions at night. I. DREAM - TERRORS ARE REAL IN EXPERIENCE . Look at the man in a nightmare, how he groans and shrieks! We smile at his fancied troubles. Yet to him, while he endures them, they are very real. We feel according to our subjective... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:15

So that my soul chooseth strangling ; i.e. "so that I would prefer strangling to such horrid dreams," which are worse than any physical sufferings. Some see here a reference to suicide: but this is s very forced explanation. Suicide, as already observed, seems never even to have occurred to the thoughts of Job (see the comment on Job 6:8 ). And death rather than my life ; literally, rather than my bones. Death, that is, would be preferable to such a life as he leads, which is that of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:16

I loathe it; rather, I am wasted away— "ulceratus tabesco" (Schultens). I would not live alway ; rather, I shall not live alway . Let me alone; for my days are vanity ; literally, cease from me ; i.e. "cease to trouble me"—with, perhaps, the further meaning. "cease to trouble thyself about me;" for I am sufficiently reduced to nothingness—my life is mere vanity. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:16

I would not live alway. I. THE CRY OF BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT . Exemplified in the case of Elijah ( 1 Kings 19:4 ) and of Jonah ( Jonah 4:8 ). II. THE WAIL OF GREAT SORROW . Illustrated by the experience of Job. III. THE VOICE OF REMORSEFUL DESPAIR . As with Ahithophel ( 2 Samuel 17:23 ) and Judas ( Matthew 27:5 ). IV. THE LANGUAGE OF AN AWAKENED CONSCIENCE . Witness the jailor of Philippi ( Acts 16:27 ). V. THE UTTERANCE... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:11-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:11-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:11-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:13-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:16

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