Job 42:6

“Wherefore I abhor [myself], etc.] Or all my words, as Aben Ezra; all the indecent expressions he had uttered concerning God; he could not bear to think of them; he loathed them, and himself on account of them: sin is abominable in its own nature, and makes men so; it is loathsome to God, and so it is to all good men when they see it in its proper light; am especially when they have a view of the purity and holiness of God, to which that is so very contrary, and also of his grace and goodness in the forgiveness of it; (see <230603>Isaiah 6:3,5) (<261663>Ezekiel 16:63 20:41); and repent in dust and ashes; which was an external ceremony used by mournful and penitent persons; (see <180208>Job…”

“myself--rather "I abhor," and retract the rash speeches I made against thee (Job 42:3-4) [UMBREIT].”

“Wherefore I abhor myself - I see that I am a sinner to be loathed and abhorred. Job, though he did not claim to be perfect, had yet unquestionably been unduly exalted with the conception of his own righteousness, and in the zeal of his argument, and under the excitement of his feelings when reproached by his friends, had indulged in indefensible language respecting his own integrity. He now saw the error and folly of this, and desired to take the lowest place of humiliation. Compared with a pure and holy God, he saw that he was utterly vile and loathsome, and was not unwilling now to confess it. “And repent.” Of the spirit which I have evinced; of the language used in self-vindication; of…”

“I: Job 9:31, Job 40:3, Job 40:4; Ezr 9:6; Psa 51:17; Isa 5:5; Jer 31:19; Eze 16:63; Eze 20:43, Eze 36:31; Luk 15:18, Luk 15:19; Co1 15:8, Co1 15:9; Ti1 1:13-16; Jam 4:7-10 repent: Job 2:8, Job 30:19; Kg1 21:27; Est 4:1-3; Isa 58:5; Dan 9:3; Jon 3:6-10; Mat 11:21; Luk 10:13 Job 42:7”