Job 14:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I do not say, I am clean, as Zophar pretendeth, Job 11:4; but confess that I am a very unclean creature, and therefore liable to thy justice, if thou wilt deal rigorously with me; but remember that this is not my peculiar case, but the common lot of every man, who, coming from sinful parents, and being infected with original corruption, must unavoidably be unclean. Why then dost thou inflict such peculiar and extraordinary judgments upon me for that which is common to all men? And although my original corruption do not excuse my actual sins, yet I hope it may procure some mitigation to my punishments, and move thy Divine pity, which oft showeth itself upon such occasions. See Genesis 8:21. Not one, i.e. no man can cleanse himself or any other from all sin. See 1 Kings 8:46 Psalms 14:3 Ecclesiastes 7:21. This is the prerogative of thy grace, which therefore I humbly implore of thee.