Job 7:15-21

15 Y mi alma tuvo por mejor el ahogamiento, y quiso la muerte más que a mis huesos

16 Abominé la vida; no quiero vivir para siempre; déjame, pues, que mis días son vanidad

17 ¿Qué es el hombre, para que lo engrandezcas, y que pongas sobre él tu corazón

18 y lo visites todas las mañanas, y todos los momentos lo pruebes

19 ¿Hasta cuándo no me dejarás, ni me soltarás hasta que trague mi saliva

20 Si he pecado, ¿qué te haré, oh Guarda de los hombres? ¿Por qué me has puesto contrario a ti, y que a mí mismo sea pesado

21 ¿Y por qué no quitas mi rebelión, y perdonas mi iniquidad? Porque ahora dormiré en el polvo, y si me buscares de mañana, ya no seré hallado

Job 7:15-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 7

In this chapter Job goes on to defend himself in an address to God; as that he had reason to complain of his extraordinary afflictions, and wish for death; by observing the common case of mankind, which he illustrates by that of an hireling, Job 7:1; and justifies his eager desire of death by the servant and hireling; the one earnestly desiring the shadow, and the other the reward of his work, Job 7:2; by representing his present state as exceeding deplorable, even worse than that of the servant and hireling, since they had rest at night, when he had none, and were free from pain, whereas he was not, Job 7:3-5; by taking notice of the swiftness and shortness of his days, in which he had no hope of enjoying any good, Job 7:6,7; and so thought his case hard; and the rather, since after death he could enjoy no temporal good: and therefore to be deprived of it while living gave him just reason of complaint, Job 7:8-11; and then he expostulates with God for setting such a strict watch upon him; giving him no ease night nor day, but terrifying him with dreams and visions, which made life disagreeable to him, and death more eligible than that, Job 7:12-16; and represents man as unworthy of the divine regard, and below his notice to bestow favours on him, or to chastise him for doing amiss, Job 7:17,18; and admitting that he himself had sinned, yet he should forgive his iniquity, and not bear so hard upon him, and follow him with one affliction after another without intermission, and make him the butt of his arrows; but should spare him and let him alone, or however take him out of the world, Job 7:19-21.