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"My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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The Anguish of the Faithful
Commentators explain that Job's cry, "My soul is weary of my life," is an honest expression of profound suffering. John Gill clarifies that this weariness stems directly from his physical agony and his feeling of abandonment by God, not from guilt or a simple desire for heaven. This verse validates that even the faithful can reach a point where life feels like an unbearable burden.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 i…
19th Century
Anglican
I will leave. —Or, according to some, I will give free vent to the complaint that is upon me. (Compare to Job 9:27 of the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My soul is weary of my life And yet nothing of a temporal blessing is more desirable than life; every man, generally speaking,…
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Job, being weary of his life, resolves to complain, but he will not charge God with unrighteousness. Here is a prayer that he might be delivered fr…
13th Century
Catholic
Job earlier proposed that both the innocent and the wicked are assailed by trials in this world. He touched upon one possible reason for the punish…