Job 7:21

“And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, etc.] Or “lift [it] up” f334; every sin is a transgression of the law of God, and the guilt of it upon the conscience is a burden too heavy to bear, and the punishment of it is intolerable; pardon lifts up and takes away all manner of sin, and all that is in sin; it takes off the load of sin from the conscience, and eases it, and loosens from obligation to punishment for it, which comes to pass in this manner: Jehovah has taken lifted up sin from his people, and has put and laid it, or caused it to meet on his Son, by the imputation of it to him; and he has voluntarily taken it on himself, and has bore it, and has taken it away by his blood and…”

“for now--very soon. in the morning--not the resurrection; for then Job will be found. It is a figure, from one seeking a sick man in the morning, and finding he has died in the night. So Job implies that, if God does not help him at once, it will be too late, for he will be gone. The reason why God does not give an immediate sense of pardon to awakened sinners is that they think they have a claim on God for it. Next: Job Chapter 8”

“And why dost thou not pardon my transgression? - Admitting that I have sinned Job 7:20, yet why dost thou not forgive me? I shall soon pass away from the land of the living. I may be sought but I shall not be found. No one would be injured by my being pardoned - since I am so short-lived, and so unimportant in the scale of being. No one can be benefited by pursuing a creature of a day, such as I am, with punishment. Such seems to be the meaning of this verse. It is the language of complaint, and is couched in language filled with irreverence. Still it is language such as awakened and convicted sinners often use, and expresses the feelings which often pass through their hearts. They admit…”

“Pardon - Seeing thou art so gracious to others, why may not I hope for the same favour from thee? Dust - If thou dost not speedily help me, it will be too late. But I shall not be - It will be to late to shew me favour. Next: Job Chapter 8”

“why dost: Job 10:14, Job 13:23, Job 13:24; Isa 64:9; Lam 3:42-44, Lam 5:20-22 take away: Sa2 24:10; Mic 7:18, Mic 7:19; Hos 14:2; Joh 1:29; Tit 2:14; Jo1 1:9, Jo1 3:5 sleep: Job 3:13, Job 17:14, Job 21:32, Job 21:33; Ecc 12:7; Isa 26:19; Dan 12:2 in the morning: Job 7:18 but I shall not be: Psa 37:36, Psa 103:15 Next: Job Chapter 8”