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Job
7
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1
"Isn't a mortal's stay on earth difficult like a hired hand's daily [work]?
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Job
7
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2
Like a slave, he longs for shade. Like a hired hand, he eagerly looks for his pay.
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Job
7
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3
Likewise, I have been given months that are of no use, and I have inherited nights filled with misery.
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Job
7
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4
When I lie down, I ask, 'When will I get up?' But the evening is long, and I'm exhausted from tossing about until dawn.
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Job
7
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5
My body is covered with maggots and scabs. My skin is crusted over with sores; then they ooze.
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Job
7
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6
My days go swifter than a weaver's shuttle. They are spent without hope.
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Job
7
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7
Remember, my life is only a breath, and never again will my eyes see anything good.
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Job
7
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8
The eye that watches over me will no longer see me. Your eye will look for me, but I'll be gone.
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Job
7
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9
As a cloud fades away and disappears, so a person goes into the grave and doesn't come back again.
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Job
7
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10
He doesn't come back home again, and his household doesn't recognize him anymore.
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Job
7
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11
So I won't keep my mouth shut, but I will speak from the distress that is in my spirit and complain about the bitterness in my soul.
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Job
7
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12
"Am I the sea or a sea monster that you have set a guard over me?
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Job
7
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13
When I say, 'My couch may give me comfort. My bed may help me bear my pain,'
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Job
7
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14
then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions.
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Job
7
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15
My throat would rather be choked. My body would prefer death [to these dreams].
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Job
7
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16
I hate my life; I do not want to live forever. Leave me alone because my days are so brief.
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Job
7
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17
"What is a mortal that you should make so much of him, that you should be concerned about him?
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Job
7
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18
[What is he] that you should inspect him every morning and examine him every moment?
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Job
7
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19
Why don't you stop looking at me long enough to let me swallow my spit?
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Job
7
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20
If I sin, what can I [possibly] do to you since you insist on spying on people? Why do you make me your target? I've become a burden even to myself.
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Job
7
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21
Why don't you forgive my disobedience and take away my sin? Soon I'll lie down in the dust. Then you will search for me, but I'll be gone!"