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"Is not all human life a struggle? Our lives are like that of a hired hand,
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like a worker who longs for the shade, like a servant waiting to be paid.
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I, too, have been assigned months of futility, long and weary nights of misery.
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Lying in bed, I think, 'When will it be morning?' But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn.
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My body is covered with maggots and scabs. My skin breaks open, oozing with pus.
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7
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"My days fly faster than a weaver's shuttle. They end without hope.
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O God, remember that my life is but a breath, and I will never again feel happiness.
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You see me now, but not for long. You will look for me, but I will be gone.
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Just as a cloud dissipates and vanishes, those who die will not come back.
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They are gone forever from their home--never to be seen again.
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Job
7
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"I cannot keep from speaking. I must express my anguish. My bitter soul must complain.
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7
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Am I a sea monster or a dragon that you must place me under guard?
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7
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I think, 'My bed will comfort me, and sleep will ease my misery,'
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but then you shatter me with dreams and terrify me with visions.
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7
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I would rather be strangled--rather die than suffer like this.
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7
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I hate my life and don't want to go on living. Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days.
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Job
7
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"What are people, that you should make so much of us, that you should think of us so often?
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7
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For you examine us every morning and test us every moment.
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Why won't you leave me alone, at least long enough for me to swallow!
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If I have sinned, what have I done to you, O watcher of all humanity? Why make me your target? Am I a burden to you?
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7
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Why not just forgive my sin and take away my guilt? For soon I will lie down in the dust and die. When you look for me, I will be gone."