Job:7
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Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth ?
are not his days also like the days of an hireling ?
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As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow ,
and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work po #
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So am I made to possess months of vanity ,
and wearisome nights are appointed to me .
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When I lie down ,
I say ,
When shall I arise ,
and the night be gone ?
and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day .
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My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust ;
my skin is broken ,
and become loathsome .
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My days are swifter than a weavers shuttle ,
and are spent without hope .
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O remember that my life is wind :
mine eye shall no more see good .
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The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more :
thine eyes are upon me ,
and I am not .
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As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away :
so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more .
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He shall return no more to his house ,
neither shall his place know him any more .
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Therefore I will not refrain my mouth ;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit ;
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul .
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Am I a sea ,
or a whale ,
that thou settest a watch over me ?
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When I say ,
My bed shall comfort me ,
my couch shall ease my complaint ;
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Then thou scarest me with dreams ,
and terrifiest me through visions :
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So that my soul chooseth strangling ,
and death rather than my life .
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I loathe it ;
I would not live alway :
let me alone ;
for my days are vanity .
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What is man ,
that thou shouldest magnify him ?
and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him ?
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And that thou shouldest visit him every morning ,
and try him every moment ?
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How long wilt thou not depart from me ,
nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle ?
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I have sinned ;
what shall I do unto thee ,
O thou preserver of men ?
why hast thou set me as a mark against thee ,
so that I am a burden to myself ?
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And why dost thou not pardon my transgression ,
and take away mine iniquity ?
for now shall I sleep in the dust ;
and thou shalt seek me in the morning ,
but I shall not be .