“My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.”
Job declares that his soul loathes his life and he will give vent to his complaint against God, expressing the depths of his despair and his decision to address God directly. The loathing of his own life represents the ultimate rejection of existence. The decision to complain directly to God marks a shift from general lamentation to specific address.
Church Fathers on Job 10:1
My soul is weary of my life. Now whensoever the present life has once begun to grow tasteless, and the love of the Creator to become sweet, the soul inflames itself against self, that it may accuse self for the sins, wherein it formerly vindicated itself, being ignorant of the things above. Whence he yet further adds with propriety, I will let my speech go against myself. He as it were employs his speech in behalf of himself, who tries to defend by excuses the evil things…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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