Job 10:3-13

3 Does it seem good to thee to oppress, to despise the work of thy hands and favor the designs of the wicked?

4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? Dost thou see as man sees?

5 Are thy days as the days of man, or thy years as man's years,

6 that thou dost seek out my iniquity and search for my sin,

7 although thou knowest that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of thy hand?

8 Thy hands fashioned and made me; and now thou dost turn about and destroy me.

9 Remember that thou hast made me of clay; and wilt thou turn me to dust again?

10 Didst thou not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?

11 Thou didst clothe me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

12 Thou hast granted me life and steadfast love; and thy care has preserved my spirit.

13 Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this was thy purpose.

Job 10:3-13 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.