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I will tell God, `Do not condemn me, Show me why you contend with me.
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A Plea Against Being Treated as Wicked
Commentators explain that Job's plea, "Do not condemn me," is not about fearing eternal damnation. Rather, he is asking God not to treat him as a wicked person. His ongoing, severe afflictions made him appear guilty to his friends, and he begs God, who knows his heart, to stop dealing with him in a way that suggests he is a great sinner.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me - Do not hold me to be wicked - תרשׁיעני אל 'al tarshı̂y‛ēnı̂…
19th Century
Anglican
I will say unto God ... —This is a model of prayer for all, combining the prayer of the publican (Luke 18:13)…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I will say unto God, do not condemn me Not that he feared eternal condemnation; there is none to them that are in Christ, and …
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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…
