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When I say, `My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;`
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The Hope for Rest
Commentators explain that this verse captures a universal human experience: seeking relief from suffering in sleep. Job expresses his hope that his bed, a natural place of comfort, will finally provide an escape from his physical pain and mental anguish. This sets the stage for the following verses, which reveal the tragic irony that even this basic comfort will be denied him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When I say, My bed shall comfort me - The idea in this verse and the following is that there was no intermission to his sorrows. E…
19th Century
Baptist
Were you ever in this terrible place, dear friend? Some of us have been there, and we have used the very language of Job; and yet, for all that, we…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When I say, my bed shall comfort me When he thought within himself that he would lie down upon his bed and try if he…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
After demonstrating through arguments that Eliphaz's consolation of earthly prosperity was inconsistent, Job now shows the same thing by arguing fo…
