“"I have suffered this without committing iniquity." You have a good reason to be upset, because there was no cause for such a torment. "I have suffered this." Job is knowingly in pain against his merits. Therefore, he does not want the fact that he has been given to torments to remain hidden, but he desires what he su…”
Julian of Eclanum, 5th c. — EXPOSITION ON THE BOOK OF JOB 16:18-19
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18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
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16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
— Job 16:18 —
19Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.