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Like a slave he longs for shade;
like a hired man he waits for his pay.
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4 like a hired man he waits for his pay.
When I lie down I think:
When will I get up?
But the evening drags on endlessly,
and I toss and turn until dawn.
5 When will I get up?
But the evening drags on endlessly,
and I toss and turn until dawn.
My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt.(a)
My skin forms scabs(b) and then oozes.(C)
My skin forms scabs(b) and then oozes.(C)
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The eye of anyone who looks on me
will no longer see me.
Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.(F)
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10 will no longer see me.
Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.(F)
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Therefore I will not restrain my mouth.
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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13 I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
When I say: My bed will comfort me,
and my couch will ease my complaint,
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16 and my couch will ease my complaint,
Footnotes:
a.
Job 7:5: Or and dirty scabs
b.
Job 7:5: Lit skin hardens
c.
Job 7:10: Lit know
d.
Job 7:12: Or the sea god
e.
Job 7:15: Or suffocation
f.
Job 7:15: Lit than my bones
g.
Job 7:16: Or are futile
h.
Job 7:19: Lit swallow my saliva?
i.
Job 7:20: Ancient Jewish tradition, LXX; MT, Vg read myself