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Job 7:1
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Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
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Job 7:2
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As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:
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Job 7:3
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So am I made to possess months of misery, And 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? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto 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 closeth up, and breaketh 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: Mine eye shall no more see good.
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Job 7:8
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The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
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Job 7:9
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As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol 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 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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Job 7:12
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Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch 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 thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions:
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Job 7:15
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So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than [these] my bones.
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Job 7:16
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I loathe [my life]; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.
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Job 7:17
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What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,
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Job 7:18
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And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment?
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Job 7:19
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How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
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Job 7:20
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If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?
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Job 7:21
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And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
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