Job 7

Job 7:1

Job has no relief from his sorrow or from his pain. He is a very sick man, and his friends seem to ignore that. They had not offered him any comfort. Even his wife, his helpmeet, has suggested suicide to him. When his world caved in, he became a distraught and frustrated man to be pitied.

Job 7:4

Job apparently felt he had an incurable disease and that the end was coming and was not far off. He probably did have such a disease. In all this his friends paid no attention to his problem. They have come to him but have not ministered to his need. They just didn’t understand. It has been said that a friend is one who knows you and still loves you. These friends didn’t really know Job. He says that at least his physical condition should have called forth some sympathy from them.

Job 7:13

It seems that his fever drove him to periods of delirium and hallucinations.

Job 7:17

He wishes he could just die in peace. He wishes that God would let him alone. He senses that he is being tried, but he hasn’t any notion what is really behind all of this. His reaction is the reaction of many. “Just leave me alone in my misery.”

Job 7:20

They have raised the question of Job’s sin. Job doesn’t claim to be guiltless. He admits he has sinned. But why should he be selected for this special attack as a notorious sinner? Why should his life be a burden when he is not that kind of a sinner? Why doesn’t God show mercy on him? Why doesn’t God pardon his sin and restore him? While he admits that he is a sinner, he says that he is getting more than he deserves. We can see in Job a breaking down of his integrity. When a man’s integrity is broken down, he becomes an easy mark for Satan. This is the thing that happens to many a man today who attempts to fight life alone. He begins to hit the bottle or he drops into sin. Satan has a chance to attack him because the man’s integrity has broken down. This is the situation with Job. Will Job break under all of this?