Job 7:11
Job Remonstrates with God
11 “Therefore, ▼ I will not refrain my mouth; ▼▼ “Mouth” here is metonymical for what he says – he will not withhold his complaints. Peake notes that in this section Job comes very close to doing what Satan said he would do. If he does not curse God to his face, he certainly does cast off restraints to his lament. But here Job excuses himself in advance of the lament.
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will complain ▼
▼ The verb is not limited to mental musing; it is used for pouring out a complaint or a lament (see S. Mowinckel, “The Verb siah and the Nouns siah, siha,” ST 15 [1961]: 1-10).
in the bitterness of my soul.
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