Job 14:7-22

Summary: Job acknowledges that he can't escape his own death, where (as he sees it) there would be some relief from God's judgement.

Response: My mother-in-law tells a story of how, growing up, she would put my now-wife in her own room when she got in trouble, not so the child could stew but do the parent could calm down. Maybe Job is thinking along these lines: God, can You hide me away until You calm down?