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Chapter 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: |
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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. |
6
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My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are
spent without hope. |
7
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O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no
more see good. |
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. |
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. |
10
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He shall return no more to his house, neither shall
his place know him any more. |
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. |
12
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Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over
me? |
13
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When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall
ease my complaints; |
14
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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. |
17
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What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that
thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? |
18
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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 my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust;
and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not
be. |
