Job 7:19

Study note

Setting — Job addresses God directly while enduring relentless suffering, right after noting that God tests him every moment (Job 7:18) and just before questioning why God has made him a burden to Himself (Job 7:20).

The words — The Hebrew תִשְׁעֶה (tish'Eh) and תַרְפֵּנִי (tarpe'ni) literally render "will you look away" and "will you let me be," capturing Job's request for divine withdrawal.

The thread — This plea for God to cease His scrutiny appears in Psalm 13:1, which asks how long the Lord will hide His face, and parallels Job 9:18, where God withholds breath and overwhelms Job with bitterness.

Why it lands — The verse forces a reader to face the raw reality of feeling perpetually monitored by God and the instinct to demand relief when suffering feels unending.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.