Job 17:11, Psa 55:4, 88:16 | JFB | e4.org | 11. Only do not vainly speak of the restoration of health to me; for "my days are past." broken off —as the threads of the web cut off from the loom ( ). thoughts —literally, "possessions," that is, all the feelings and fair hopes which my heart once nourished. These belong to the heart, as "purposes" to the understanding; the two together here describe the entire inner man.

‏ Job 17:11

11. Only do not vainly speak of the restoration of health to me; for "my days are past."

broken off—as the threads of the web cut off from the loom (Isa 38:12).

thoughts—literally, "possessions," that is, all the feelings and fair hopes which my heart once nourished. These belong to the heart, as "purposes" to the understanding; the two together here describe the entire inner man.

‏ Psalms 55:4

4, 5. express great alarm.

‏ Psalms 88:16

16, 17. the extremes of anguish and despair are depicted.