12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
12 You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.
12 You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit.
12 You gave me life itself, and incredible love. You watched and guarded every breath I took.
12 You have granted me life and favor, And Your care has preserved my spirit.
12 You gave me life and showed me your unfailing love. My life was preserved by your care.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 10:12
Commentary on Job 10:8-13
(Read Job 10:8-13)
Job seems to argue with God, as if he only formed and preserved him for misery. God made us, not we ourselves. How sad that those bodies should be instruments of unrighteousness, which are capable of being temples of the Holy Ghost! But the soul is the life, the soul is the man, and this is the gift of God. If we plead with ourselves as an inducement to duty, God made me and maintains me, we may plead as an argument for mercy, Thou hast made me, do thou new-make me; I am thine, save me.