If I sin - The object of this verse and the following is, evidently, to say that he was completely perplexed. He did not know how to act. He…

If I sin ... —“If I had sinned, You would have marked me for punishment, and from my iniquity You would not acqui…

If I sin, then you mark me
Or "observest me" ^F20 ; that is, he took notice of his sins, strictly inquired…

Job did not deny that as a sinner he deserved his sufferings; but he thought that justice was executed upon him with peculiar rigor. His gloom, unb…

Previously, Job sought the cause of his punishment by assuming he was innocent. Now, he proceeds to ask whether he is being punished because he is …