JOB 7 - Job cont’d

NOTES BY VERSE

Note: each ** comment in this document is listed in numerical order according to the verse(s) from this chapter

** Job brazenly described his state during these difficult times

Job 7:4-6 NIV

[4] When I lie down I think, 'How long before I get up?' The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn. [5] My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering. [6] “My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.

Job 7:11 NIV

[11] “Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

** Human life is not long. Compare it with the ages of the universe and it becomes a span; and especially measure it by eternity and how imperceptible does life appear! It sinks like one small drop into the ocean and becomes as insignificant as one tiny grain of sand upon the sea-shore!  <S185>

Job 7:6 NIV

[6] “My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.

Job 7:16 NIV

[16] I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning.

Job 9:25-26 NIV

[25] “My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy. [26] They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.

Job 10:20 NIV

[20] Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment's joy

Job 17:1 NIV

[1] My spirit is broken,

 my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.

James 4:14 NIV

[14] Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Psalm 90:12 NIV

[12] Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

** As a despairing man, Job had hoped for a sign of devotion from his friends, not accusations  <R1795>

Job 7:11 NIV

[11] “Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 7:16 NIV

[16] I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning.

** Job believed death would end his misery and, thus, he would stop being a burden to God after he died

Job 7:15 NIV

[15] so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine.

Job 7:7-8 NIV

[7] Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again. [8] The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more.

** Job humbly recognized that God is mindful of man and begged Him for a reprieve

Job 7:17-19 NIV

[17] “What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention, [18] that you examine them every morning and test them every moment? [19] Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant?

** Get a proper understanding of the infinite distance between you and God, and you will take your proper place at His footstool

• You will receive whatever He shall speak in His blessed Word, with humility and confidence

• You will trust Him for acting with unerring wisdom and goodness, even when His dispensations are most dark and mysterious

• You will be submissive to His chastisements

• You will be obedient to His will as revealed in His Word

• Your insignificance as creatures will constrain you to bow before Him  <S179>

1 Samuel 3:18b NIV

[18] He is the Lord; let him do what is good in his eyes.

Job 7:17-18 NIV

[17] “What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention, [18] that you examine them every morning and test them every moment?

Job 4:17-19 NIV

[17] 'Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker? [18] If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error, [19] how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!

** Job questioned whether he had sin that was causing his grief and described how he felt he was a burden to God

Job 7:20-21 NIV

[20] If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who sees everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you? [21] Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.”