Job 6:8

If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Job speaks in the midst of his lament, immediately after declaring his sustenance loathsome and immediately before demanding God’s destructive intervention.

The words — The Hebrew תִּקְוָתִ֗י (tikvati) translates literally as “my hope,” paired with שְׁאֵלָתִִי (she'elati) as “my petition.” Both terms frame the speaker’s desire as a formal request awaiting divine action.

The thread — This longing for a granted petition appears in Psalms 119:81, where the psalmist’s soul faints for salvation and waits for God’s word. The tension between hope and exhaustion recurs in Job 6:11, where the speaker questions what strength remains to hope or endure.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition of the gap between human petition and divine silence, forcing the reader to confront how prolonged waiting shapes the language of desperation.

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The Hebrew words

מִֽי־mi-who?יִ֭תֵּןYi.tenwill he give תָּב֣וֹאta.Vo'it will come שֶֽׁאֱלָתִ֑יshe.'e.la.T/ipetition/ my וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗יve./tik.va.T/iand/ hope/ my יִתֵּ֥ןyi.Tenhe will give אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃'e.Lo.ahGod

King James Version

Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

Cross-references

Psalms 119:81 My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
Job 17:14 and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
Job 6:11 What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?