O God, remember that my life is but a breath, and I will never again feel happiness.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

O remember - This is evidently an address to God. In the anguish of his soul Job turns his eye and his heart to his Maker, and urges reasons…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

As if God only looked at him, and the very look withered him; or as if there was only time for God just to look at him, and then he disappeared as …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

O remember that my life [is] wind
Or, "breath" F3 ; man's life is in his breath, and that breath is in hi…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Plain truths concerning the shortness and vanity of human life, and the certainty of death, do us good when we think and speak of them, applying th…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

The blessed Job has previously demonstrated that the comfort Eliphaz offered, which promised happiness in this earthly life, was unsuitable. He fir…