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Job 7:1
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"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?
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Job 7:2
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As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, As a hireling who looks for his wages,
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Job 7:3
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So am I made to possess months of misery, Wearisome nights are appointed to me.
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Job 7:4
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When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
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Job 7:5
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My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
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Job 7:6
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My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.
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Job 7:7
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Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
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Job 7:8
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The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.
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Job 7:9
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As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, So he who goes down to She'ol shall come up no more.
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Job 7:10
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He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.
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Job 7:11
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"Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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Job 7:12
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Am I a sea, or a sea monster, That you put a guard over me?
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Job 7:13
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When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;'
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Job 7:14
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Then you scare me with dreams, And terrify me through visions:
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Job 7:15
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So that my soul chooses strangling, Death rather than my bones.
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Job 7:16
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I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone; for my days are but a breath.
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Job 7:17
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What is man, that you should magnify him, That you should set your mind on him,
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Job 7:18
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That you should visit him every morning, And test him every moment?
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Job 7:19
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How long will you not look away from me, Nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
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Job 7:20
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If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, So that I am a burden to myself?
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Job 7:21
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Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."
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