Job 7:4
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
The verse belongs to the second part of the book, chapters 3-31, made up of the discussions between Job and his three friends about the cause and object of human suffering. Within that larger division it falls in the extended debate between Job and his three friends over his afflictions, spanning chapters 4-31. More particularly it is part of Job's reply to Eliphaz's speech about not despising God's chastening or correction, and in this reply Job defends or justifies his complaints.
The verse describes a night of restless suffering, lying down longing for morning to come and for the night to be gone, yet spending the hours tossing back and forth without rest until the dawning of the day. It voices the affliction of a man conscious of his own integrity who yet could not understand God's dealings with him, without foolishly charging God. That trial was one through which God would glorify Himself, and bring comfort and hope to thousands of sufferers, and bring blessing to Job himself.
The verse also illustrates how dreadful are an uneasy conscience and spiritual distress, with nights spent awake in misery and horror tossing until dawn. Such inward anguish can be worse than outward want or lack. Peace of conscience and God's favor make even a poor and troubled lot preferable to such torment.