“But he also said above, "God would not hearken to him, so that he should answer to one of his charges or of a thousand." How can Job speak so here? "In the bitterness of my soul," he says. Therefore it is not him who speaks but his bitterness, insofar as the reflections of Job allow us to express what he means. "Would…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 9:32B-10:1
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1My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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— Job 10:1 —
2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?