Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 7:20

20. I have sinned , what shall I do unto thee , O thou preserver of men ? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to my self ?

Although I am innocent and free from those cr[illegible: 1+ letters]ing sins, for which my friends suppose thou hast sent this uncommon judgment upon me, yet if thou beest strict to mark what is amiss, I freely confess that I am a sinner, and therefore obnoxious to thy justice, and I humbly beg thy pardon for it; as it follows, vers. 21. And therefore accept of this Confession.

to satisfie thy Justice, or regain thy Favour. I can do nothing to purchase or deserve it, and therefore implore thy mercy to pardon my sins.

O thou who, as thou wast the Creator of man, delightest to be, and to be called the Preserver and Saviour of men; and that waitest to be kind and gracious to men from day to day, as occasion requires; do not deal with me in a way contrary to thy own Nature and Name, and to the manner of thy dealing with all the rest of Mankind. Oth. O thou Observer of men; thou who dost exactly know and diligently observe all mens inward motions, and outward actions; and therefore if thou shalt be severe to mark mine iniquities, as thou seemest to be, I have not what to say or do unto thee. Compare Iob 9. 3, 15, 29. & 14. 4. Into which thou wiltst shoot all the Arrows of thy indignation.

i. e I am weary of my self, and of my life, being no way able to resist or endure the assaults of so potent an Adversary.

Marginal references: Chap. 16. 12. Psal. 21. 12. Lam. 3. 12.