Job 10:7

“Thou knowest that I am not wicked, etc.] Or “in”, or “upon thy knowledge f428 [it is] that I am not wicked”; it is a thing well known, quite clear, and manifest, without making such a search and inquiry: not that he thought himself without sin, and could appeal to the omniscience of God for the truth of that; for he had confessed before that he was a sinner, and wicked, as to his nature and birth, and the many infirmities of life; (see <180720> Job 7:20 9:29); but that he was not that wicked person, and an hypocrite, as his friends took him to be, and as might be concluded from the sore afflictions that were upon him; he did not live in sin, nor indulge himself in a vicious course of life;…”

“"Although Thou (the Omniscient) knowest," &c. (connected with Job 10:6), "Thou searchest after my sin." and . . . that none that can deliver out of thine hand--Therefore Thou hast no need to deal with me with the rapid violence which man would use (see Job 10:6).”

“Thou knowest that I am not wicked - That is, that I am not a hypocrite, or an impenitent sinner. Job did not claim perfection (see the note at Job 9:20), but he maintained through all this argument that he was not a wicked man, in the sense in which his friends regarded him as such, and for the truth of this he could boldly appeal to God. The margin is, “It is upon thy knowledge.” This is a literal translation of the Hebrew, but the sense is well expressed in the text. The meaning of the verse is, “Why dost thou thus afflict me, when thou knowest that I am not wicked? Why am I treated as if I were the worst of men? Why is occasion thus furnished for my friends to construct an argument as if…”

“Wicked - An hypocrite, as my friends account me. Deliver - But thou art the supreme ruler of the world; therefore I must wait thy time, and throw myself on thy mercy, in submission to thy sovereign will. Job 10:9”

“Thou knowest: Heb. It is upon thy knowledge, Job 23:10, Job 31:6, Job 31:14, Job 31:35, Job 42:7; Psa 1:6, Psa 7:3, Psa 7:8, Psa 7:9, Psa 17:3, Psa 26:1-5; Psa 139:1, Psa 139:2, Psa 139:21-24; Joh 21:17; Co2 1:12; Th1 2:10 and there: Job 23:13, Job 23:14; Deu 32:39; Psa 50:22; Dan 3:15; Hos 2:10; Joh 10:28-30 Job 10:8”