Job 6-7

From the ESV Study Bible:

“The opening line of v. 17 (What is man, that you make so much of him) echoes the thought of Ps. 8:4 (“what is man that you are mindful of him”). However, where Psalm 8 marvels at how humanity has been crowned with glory by God, Job laments what he describes as the burdensome weight of God’s watchful presence crushing him as a mortal being (Job 7:20).”

When we are suffering, God’s presence does sometimes seem a burdensome weight.  If we had the ability to see beyond the present crisis, we could see that God’s presence in our situation sustains us, but even righteous Job had trouble keeping that reality before him.  Often, the best that we can do is be honest with God about how we feel, and stay with him, even when we do not understand his ways.

LORD, give us the wisdom to vent our frustrations to you, because you care for us.