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Job 7:17-19
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A Continual Testing[a]

17 “What is man, that you make so much of him
    or pay him any mind?
18 You examine him every morning
    and test him every moment of the day.
19 “Will you never take your eyes from me,
    or let me alone long enough to swallow my saliva?

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  1. Job 7:17 Unlike the psalmist (Pss 8:5; 139:13-14, 23-24), Job cannot rejoice at the special attention God pays to human beings. This divine scrutiny shakes his conviction of innocence.
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