Job 10:16

Job 10:16

14 If I sin, then ^aYou mark me,
And will not acquit me of my iniquity.

15 If I am wicked, ^awoe to me;
^bEven if I am righteous, I¹ cannot lift up my head.
I am full of disgrace;
^cSee my misery!

16 If my head is exalted,
^aYou hunt me like a fierce lion,
And again You show Yourself awesome against me.

17 You renew Your witnesses against me,
And increase Your indignation toward me;
Changes and war are ever with me.

18 ‘Why^a then have You brought me out of the womb?
Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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For it increaseth - Probably this refers to the affliction mentioned above, which is increased in proportion to its duration. Every day made his escape from such a load of evils less and less probable.

Thou huntest me as a fierce lion - As the hunters attack the king of beasts in the forest, so my friends attack me. They assail me on every side.

Thou showest thyself marvelous - Thy designs, thy ways, thy works, are all incomprehensible to me; thou dost both confound and overpower me. Mr. Good translates thus: -

"For uprousing as a ravenous lion dost thou spring upon me.

And again thou showest over me thy vast power."

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