In Job, chapter seven, verse eleven, he often spoke of the anguish and bitterness of his spirit and soul. In chapter ten, verse one, and twenty-seven, verse two gives more of Job’s expression. Job had become a man who suffered deeply in every aspect of his life. Physically, he had lost his wealth, children, and health, as in chapter one, verses thirteen through nineteen, and chapter two, verses seven to eight. Socially, Job experienced isolation from his friends and family, as in chapter two, verses seven through eight, and chapter nineteen, verses thirteen through nineteen. He was scorned by the public, as in chapter sixteen, verse ten, chapter thirty, verses one through ten, and betrayed by his closest friends, as in chapter six, verses fourteen to twenty-three.
Job Spiritually felt forsaken by God, believing that the Lord had turned against him, as in chapter seven, verses seventeen through nineteen, and chapter six, verse four.
Afflicted in every possible way, Job underwent a wide range of emotions: anxiety, as in chapter seven, verse four, and verses thirteen through fourteen. Uncertainty, in chapter nine, verse twenty. Rejection and betrayal, as in chapter ten, verse three, and chapter twelve, verse four. Fear, as in chapter six, verse four, and chapter nine, verse twenty-eight, loneliness as in chapter nineteen, verses thirteen through nineteen, and despair that led to a desire to escape from this experience, as in chapter three.
While living, we should spend them in the holy, gracious breathings of faith and prayer, not in the noisome, noxious breathings of sin and corruption. We have much reason to pray that a believer who keeps close to God and neither slumbers nor sleeps may keep us when we slumber and sleep. Job covets to rest from this experience. Doubtless, this was his infirmity. For though a man would choose to escape rather than sin, he should be content to live as long as God pleases because life is our opportunity to glorify him and prepare for heaven.