Albert Barnes Commentary Job 10:1

Albert Barnes Commentary

Job 10:1

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Job 10:1

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul." — Job 10:1 (ASV)

My soul is weary of my life - compare the note at Job 7:16. The margin here is, Or, “cut off while I live.” The meaning in the margin is in accordance with the interpretation of Schultens. The Chaldee also renders it in a similar way: אתגזרת נפשי - my soul is cut off. But the more correct interpretation is that in our common version; and the sense is, that his soul, that is, that he himself was disgusted with life. It was a weary burden, and he wished to die.

I will leave my complaint upon myself - Noyes, “I will give myself up to complaint.” Dr. Good, “I will let loose from myself my dark thoughts.” The literal sense is, “I will leave complaint upon myself;” that is, I will give way to it; I will not restrain it; compare Job 7:11.

I will speak in the bitterness of my soul - See the notes on Job 7:11.