The afflicted saint resumed his complaint, The most distressing disease was his; his flesh clothed with worms and clods of dust; his skin broken and loathsome (chapter 7:5), and his friends sitting in judgment on him,—this was more than he could bear.
He looked to God in his anguish, but though we who know and love the Lord Jesus, can enter into poor Job's feelings, and realize something of his sufferings, we see that he as yet was only thinking of justifying himself.
Job knew not that the love of God moved Him to afflict His child in order that he might learn a lesson for which he would ever afterward thank Him.
It was not that God took pleasure in seeing His child suffer, and he would not give Job his request—that he be allowed to die—(chapter 6:9 and 7:15),—because He was leading him through deep trial to deeper blessing.
Job compared his friends with the quickly vanishing streams of the desert (chapter 6:9-7:15), and rightly reproved them (verses 24-27, etc.). Instead of being a comfort to him, they were accusing him of being a hypocrite, which he was not. Job knew God better than they did, though he had much to learn through the heavy trial laid on him.
Chapter 7:20, "Preserver of men" should be read "Observer of men." Job realized that God was looking at him. He did not know what it was that God seemed to be judging him for, but could he not be forgiven?