Job 16:7
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Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
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This chapter begins Job's reply to that discourse of Eliphaz which we had in the foregoing chapter; it is but the second part of the same song of lamentation with which he had before bemoaned himself, and is set to the same melancholy tune. I. He upbraids his friends with their unkind usage of him (Job 16:1-5). II. He represents his own case as very deplorable upon all accounts (Job 16:6-16). III. He still holds fast his integrity, concerning which he appeals to God's righteous judgment from the unrighteous censures of his friends (Job 16:14-22).
Open source ↗16:7 Job’s family here means his extended household, including his servants (1:15-19).
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So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.