He who is “in unrelenting pain”

He is “in unrelenting pain” (Job 6:10)

Has agony, pains and sufferings that are “surely outweigh the sand of the seas” (v. 3)

That can’t be placed on the scales (v. 2).

He has lost his appetite so he refuses to touch it;

Such food makes him ill because it is tasteless food for him (vv. 6-7).

He can’t sustain his life anymore because he has no strength

And can’t be patient because he is without hope (v. 11; 7:6).

He has become powerless (6:13) and has suffered a long time,

And nights of misery has been assigned to him (7:3)

And his body is clothed with worms and scabs,

His skin is broken and festering (v. 5).

So his life is but a breath and his eyes will never see happiness again (v. 7).

Therefore he will not keep silent and will speak out in the anguish of his spirit;

He will complain in the bitterness of his soul (v. 11).

He tries to forget his pain even in bed but he suffers from nightmares (v. 13).

So he prefers strangling and death, rather than his body (v. 15).

So he said like this:

“I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning” (v. 16).

But even in the meantime “What is man that you (the Lord) make so much of him,

That you (the Lord) give him so much attention” (v. 17).

The Lord never looks away from him (v. 19).

The Lord examines him every morning and tests him every moment (v. 18).

He who is “in unrelenting pain” (Job 6:10) thinks and feels that

The arrow of the Almighty are in him,

So God’s terrors are marshaled against him (v. 4).

He thinks that the Lord is frightening him with dreams

And is terrifying him with visions (7:14).

So he wants God to cut his life and to kill him (6:9).

But he makes an amazing confession:

“Then I would still have this consolation-- my joy in unrelenting pain—

that I had not denied the words of the Holy One” (v. 10).

How can he be comforted and rejoice even “in unrelenting pain”???

It is because “I have not denied the words of the Holy One” (v. 10).