1 Job excuses his desire of death.
12 He complains of his own restlessness, and expostulates with God.

Is there. 14:5,13,14 Ps 39:4 Isa 38:5 Joh 11:9,10

an appointed time. or, a warfare. Ec 8:8

like the days. 14:6 Le 25:50 De 15:18 Isa 21:16 Mt 20:1-15

2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

ernestly desireth. Heb. gapeth after. Ps 119:131 143:6

the shadow. Jer 6:4

as an hireling. Le 19:13 De 24:15 Mal 3:5 Jas 5:4

3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

months of. 29:2 Ps 6:6 39:5 Ec 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.

When. 13,14 17:12 30:17 De 28:67 Ps 6:6 77:4 130:6

night, etc. Heb. evening be measured. tossings. Ps 109:23 Isa 54:11

5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

flesh. 2:7,8 17:14 19:26 24:20 30:18,19 Ps 38:5-7 Isa 1:6 14:11 Ac 12:23

loathsome. 9:31 Isa 66:24 Eze 20:43

6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

swifter. 9:25 16:22 17:11 Ps 90:5,6 102:11 103:15,16 144:4 Isa 38:12,13 Isa 40:6,7 Jas 1:11 4:14 1Pe 1:24

without hope. 6:11 17:15 Pr 14:32 Jer 2:25 Eph 2:12 1Pe 1:13

7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

remember. 10:9 Ge 42:36 Ne 1:8 Ps 74:18,22 89:47,50 Jer 15:15

my life. Ps 78:39 Jas 4:14

no more see. Heb. not return to see, that is, to enjoy. 10:21,22

8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

The eye. 20:9 Ps 37:36

thine eyes. 13:27 14:3 Ps 39:11 90:8,9

I am not. that is, I can live no longer. 21

9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

the cloud. 37:11

he. 10:21 14:10-14 16:22 2Sa 12:23 14:14 Ps 39:13 Isa 38:11

10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

shall return. 8:18 20:9 Ps 103:16

11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

I will not. 6:26 10:1 13:13 16:6 21:3 Ps 39:3 40:9

the anguish. Ge 42:21 2Ki 4:27,28 Mt 26:37,38 Lu 22:44 2Co 2:4

the bitterness. 10:15 21:25 1Sa 1:10 Isa 38:15,17

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

I a sea. 17 38:6-11 La 3:7

a whale. 41:1-34

13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;

My bed. 3,4 9:27,28 Ps 6:6 77:4

14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

thou scarest. Ge 40:5-7 41:8 Jud 7:13,14 Da 2:1 Mt 27:19

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

chooseth. 2Sa 17:23 Mt 27:5

life. Heb. bones.

16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

I loathe it. 3:20-22 6:9 10:1 Ge 27:46 1Ki 19:4 Jon 4:3,8

let me alone. 10:20 14:6 Ps 39:10,13

my days. Ps 62:9 78:33 144:4 Ec 6:11,12

17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

What is man. Ps 8:4 144:3 Heb 2:6

magnify. 12 1Sa 24:14

set thine. 34:14,15

18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

visit. Ex 20:5 32:34 Isa 26:14 38:12,13

try. Ge 22:1 De 8:16 Jer 9:7 Da 12:10 Zec 13:9 1Pe 1:7

19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

How long. 9:18 Ps 6:3 13:1-3 94:3 Re 6:10

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?

I have sinned. 9:29-31 13:26 14:16 22:5 31:33 33:9,27 Ps 80:4

O thou preserver. Ne 9:6 Ps 36:6

why hast. 12 6:4 16:12-14 Ps 21:12 La 3:12

I am. 11 3:24

21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

why dost. 10:14 13:23,24 Isa 64:9 La 3:42-44 5:20-22

take away. 2Sa 24:10 Mic 7:18,19 Ho 14:2 Joh 1:29 Tit 2:14 1Jo 1:9 3:5

sleep. 3:13 17:14 21:32,33 Ec 12:7 Isa 26:19 Da 12:2

in the morning. 18

but I shall not be. Ps 37:36 103:15