Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 10:20

"Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little," — Job 10:20 (ASV)

Cease then, and let me alone. —According to another reading, “Let him cease, and let me alone.” In reading this reply of Job’s, one cannot help but feel that it moves upon the very verge of blasphemy, and is only redeemed from it by its pervading reverence and deep undertone of faith. Job never gives up his faith in God, though, like Jacob, he wrestles with Him in the dark. The outcome shows that God is not displeased with such an unburdening of the soul that keeps close to the straight line of truth, which is, after all, one of the many manifestations of God.