Job 7:19
“How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?”
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
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 myself?
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.”
“And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?”
“How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?”
“My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long?”
“Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?”