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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? an appointed...: or, a warfare
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As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: earnestly...: Heb. gapeth after
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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. the night...: Heb. the evening be measured?
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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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[6]
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My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
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O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. shall...: Heb. shall not return see: to see, that is, to enjoy
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[8]
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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. I am...: that is, I can live no longer
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[9]
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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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[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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[11]
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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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[12]
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Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
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[13]
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When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
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[14]
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Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
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[15]
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So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. life: Heb. bones
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[16]
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I loathe it ; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
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[17]
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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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[18]
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And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
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[19]
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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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[20]
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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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[21]
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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 .
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