As Job continues to protest against the injustice of his situation and maintain his innocence in chapter 7, we gain a new appreciation for some of the struggles and sufferings that he is going through.
First he complains about the shortness of his days and the length of his nights. In vs. 4-6, Job describes what his daily life is like. He lies down to a sleepless night of tossing and turning. His days pass quickly without hope. His body is full of worms and scabs, and his skin is a festering mess of blisters. He is completely miserable.
Job feels that his end must be coming soon. He senses that his life is passing like a breath (vs. 7). All the familiar comforts and routines of his life will soon be gone, and he will be no more.
His misery has prompted him to call out in his sufferings (vs. 11). He is plagued by a sense of God watching him and judging him. Even in dreams and nightmares, he gets no relief (vs. 14). All the while, he feels that God is obsessed with him, scrutinizing him for any flaw or sin. Why God is so interested in him he cannot fathom. All he wants is to be left alone (vs. 16).
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