Job 7:16

Loathe. Heb. ma’as, “to reject,” “to despise,” “to refuse.” Probably “my life” should be supplied as the object (see Job 9:21, where ma’as is translated “despise” and “my life” occurs in the text). Let me alone. These were audacious words for any mortal to speak to God. Job is in the depth of despair. He feels that the Almighty has singled him out and pleads for freedom from divine interference. How different he would have felt if he could have looked behind the scenes and could have seen his heavenly Father looking down on him with tender pity and steadfast love. God was suffering with His servant, but Job did not know it.