Job 21:4 Cross References - CLV

⁴ As for me, is my concern directed to a human? And if so, for what reason should my spirit not be impatient?

⁹ When Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, they did not hearken to Moses because of shortness of spirit and hard service.

¹⁶ put not your handmaid before a daughter of worthlessness, for from the abundance of my meditation, and of my provocation, I have spoken hitherto..

²⁶ And it comes to pass, the king of Israel is passing by on the wall, and a woman has cried unto him, saying, `Save, my lord, O king.. <sup>27</sup> And he said, `Yahweh does not save you--whence do I save you? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the wine-vat?.

¹¹ What is my vigor that I should wait? And what is my end that I should prolong my soul?

¹¹ Indeed for me, I shall not keep back my mouth; I shall speak in the distress of my spirit; I shall importune in the bitterness of my soul. ¹² Am I the sea or the monster That You should place a guard over me? ¹³ For I said, My cot shall comfort me; My bed shall bear away my concern;" ¹⁴ Yet You have dismayed me with dreams, And You have frightened me with visions. ¹⁵ So my soul would choose strangling; Death is desired by my bones. ¹⁶ I reject this; I would not live for the eon; Leave off from me, for my days are vanity. ¹⁷ What is a mortal that You should make a great thing of him, Or that You should set Your heart on him? ¹⁸ Or You should note him every morning, And You should test him every moment? ¹⁹ How long shall You not heed me, Or not let me relax even until I swallow my saliva? ²⁰ I have sinned, Yet what do I contrive against You, O Preserver of mankind? Why have You established me as Your target mark, That I should become a load to You? ²¹ Why do You not bear my transgression And pass over my depravity? For now I shall lie in the soil, And You would seek me early, but I will not be there.

¹ My soul is disgusted with my life; I shall give free rein to myself and my concern; Let me speak in the bitterness of my soul. ² I shall say to Eloah, O do not condemn me! Let me know for what reason You contend with me!"

¹ {A Davidic Psalm{ My El! My El! Why have You forsaken me? Far from my salvation are these words of my roaring. ² My Elohim, I am calling by day, yet You are not answering, And by night, yet there is no stillness for me." ³ But You are holy, The One dwelling among the praises of Israel."

¹¹ Why are you prostrated, O my soul, And why are you discomfited within me? Wait for Elohim, for I shall acclaim Him further, The Grand Salvation of my countenance, and my Elohim."

³ I remembered Elohim, yet I was discomfited; I meditated, yet my spirit drooped. {Interlude{ " ⁴ You held open the guardians of my eyes; I was agitated, and I could not speak." ⁵ I took account of the days from aforetime, The years of the eons, saying, ⁶ Let me remember my soliloquy in the night; Let me meditate with my heart. So my spirit searched, saying, ⁷ Shall Yahweh cast off for the eons, And shall He not continue to be benevolent any more? ⁸ Has His benignity reached its limit permanently? Has the promise reached an end for generation after generation? ⁹ Has El forgotten to be gracious? Or has He shut off His compassions in anger? {Interlude{

¹ {A Prayer{ {For the humbled one when he is drooping and is pouring out his concern before Yahweh.{ O Yahweh, do hear my prayer, And let my imploring come to You."

² I am pouring out my concern before Him; My distress am I telling before Him. ³ When my spirit droops within me, Then it is You Yourself Who knows my tracks; In the path that I am walking, They have buried a snare for me."

³⁸ Then He is saying to them, Sorrow-stricken is My soul to death. Remain here and watch with Me."