The Holy Bible
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Job 7 : 1 - 21
Chapter 7
1 | "Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?
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2 | Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, And like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages,
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3 | So I have been allotted months of futility, And wearisome nights have been appointed to me.
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4 | When I lie down, I say, "When shall I arise, And the night be ended?' For I have had my fill of tossing till dawn.
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5 | My flesh is caked with worms and dust, My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh.
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6 | "My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.
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7 | Oh, remember that my life is a breath! My eye will never again see good.
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8 | The eye of him who sees me will see me no more; While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.
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9 | As the cloud disappears and vanishes away, So he who goes down to the grave does not come up.
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10 | He shall never return to his house, Nor shall his place know him anymore.
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11 | "Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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12 | Am I a sea, or a sea serpent, That You set a guard over me?
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13 | When I say, "My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,'
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14 | Then You scare me with dreams And terrify me with visions,
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15 | So that my soul chooses strangling And death rather than my body.
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16 | I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, For my days are but a breath.
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17 | "What is man, that You should exalt him, That You should set Your heart on him,
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18 | That You should visit him every morning, And test him every moment?
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19 | How long? Will You not look away from me, And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?
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20 | Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?
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21 | Why then do You not pardon my transgression, And take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, And You will seek me diligently, But I will no longer be."
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