Job 10:1-8

1 "My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

2 I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Show me why You contend with me.

3 Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, That You should despise the work of Your hands, And smile on the counsel of the wicked?

4 Do You have eyes of flesh? Or do You see as man sees?

5 Are Your days like the days of a mortal man? Are Your years like the days of a mighty man,

6 That You should seek for my iniquity And search out my sin,

7 Although You know that I am not wicked, And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?

8 'Your hands have made me and fashioned me, An intricate unity; Yet You would destroy me.

Job 10:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 10

Job here declares the greatness of his afflictions, which made him weary of his life, and could not help complaining; entreats the Lord not to condemn him but show him the reason of his thus dealing with him, Job 10:1,2; and expostulates with him about it, and suggests as if it was severe, and not easily reconciled to his perfections, when he knew he was not a wicked man, Job 10:3-7; he puts him in mind of his formation and preservation of him, and after all destroyed him, Job 10:8-12; and represents his case as very distressed; whether he was wicked or righteous it mattered not, his afflictions were increasing upon him, Job 10:13-17; and all this he observes, in order to justify his eager desire after death, which he renews, Job 10:18,19; and entreats, since his days he had to live were but few, that God would give him some respite before he went into another state, which he describes, Job 10:20-22.