Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?
Poor Job goes on here to upbraid his friends with their unkindness and the hard usage they gave him. He here appeals to themselves concerning several things which tended both to justify him and to condemn them. If they would but think impartially, and speak as they thought, they could not but own, I. That, though he was necessitous, yet he was not craving, nor burdensome to his friends.
Commenting on Job 6:22-30
Will you say that my guilt lies in the organ of speech, and will you call it to account? or, Is it that my taste (palate) or discernment is not capable to form a judgment of perverse things? Is it thus you will explain the fact of my having no consciousness of guilt? [UMBREIT]. Next: Job Chapter 7
Job 6:28-30 28 And now be pleased to observe me keenly, I will not indeed deceive you to your face. 29 Try it again, then: let there be no injustice; Try it again, my righteousness still stands. 30 Is there wrong on my tongue? Or shall not my palate discern iniquity? He begs them to observe him more closely; בּ פּנה, as Ecc 2:11, to observe scrutinizingly.
Commenting on Job 6:28-30