 |
Scripture Context
Job 16:15 - Job 17:2
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17 Not for any injustice in mine hands; also my prayer is pure.
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
20 My friends scorn me; but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
21 Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor!
22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
Job 17
Intro: Job appealeth to God -- His hope not in this life.
1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?