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Key Terms

Guilt (State) 4 Transgression 2 Rebellion (Offense) 2 Hope Hope (NT) To Sin Sin Sin (Act) Sin (Incur Guilt) Guilty (Responsible) Guilt (Consequence) Guiltiness Trespass (Sin) Sinful Sin (Offense) To Stand Guilty Sin (Guilty) Sin (Wrongdoing) Guilty Considered Guilty Guilty Of Sin Previously Sin Against Spare (Release) Forgive Forgive (Remove Guilt) Forgive (Grant Pardon) Hand Over Forgiveness (Remove Guilt) Forgive (Wipe Out) Forgiveness (Pardon) Have Mercy To Cover (Forgive) Cover (Figurative) Forgiving Rebel (Act) Be Rebellious Rebel (Against Authority) Rebellion Rebelliousness

Job Continues: Life Seems Futile

1“Is not man consigned to labor on earth?Are not his days like those of a hired hand?2Like a slave he longs for shade;like a hireling he waits for his wages.3So I am allotted months of futility,and nights of misery are appointed to me.4When I lie down I think:‘When will I get up?’But the night drags on,and I toss and turn until dawn.5My flesh is clothed with wormsand encrusted with dirt;my skin is cracked and festering.
ⓘ Job cried out to God, saying life was...

Job cried out to God, saying life was too short (7:6–10). This complaint contrasts with his earlier wish for God to end his life (6:9).
6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle;they come to an end without hope.
7Remember that my life is but a breath.My eyes will never again see happiness.8The eye that beholds me will no longer see me.You will look for me, but I will be no more.9As a cloud vanishes and is gone,so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.10He never returns to his house;his place remembers him no more.
11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep,that You must keep me under guard?
ⓘ Job's dreams and visions while sick were similar...

Job's dreams and visions while sick were similar to those of Eliphaz (4:12–16).
13When I think my bed will comfort meand my couch will ease my complaint,14then You frighten me with dreamsand terrify me with visions,15so that I would prefer strangling and deathover my life in this body.16I loathe my life! I would not live forever.Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
ⓘ that You should exalt him: Compare with Psalm...

  • that You should exalt him: Compare with Psalm 8:4–5, which expresses similar thoughts in a positive way.

  • attend (Hebrew paqad): In Psalm 8:4, this term means "to honor or care for." Job used it ironically to mean "You bother yourself" (compare with "punished," Isaiah 26:14).
17What is man that You should exalt him,that You should set Your heart upon him,18that You attend to him every morning,and test him every moment?19Will You never look away from me,or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?20If I have sinned, what have I done to You,O watcher of mankind?Why have You made me Your target,so that I am a burden to You ?†21Why do You not pardon my transgressionand take away my iniquity?For soon I will lie down in the dust;You will seek me, but I will be no more.”