Job 7:12-21 - Job Says To God: Leave Me Alone

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“Am I the sea, or the sea monster,
That You set a guard over me?
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“When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
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Then You frighten me with dreams
And terrify me through visions,
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So that I would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pain.
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“I waste away and loathe my life; I will not live forever.
Let me alone, for my days are but a breath [futile and without substance].

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“What is man that You [should] magnify him [and think him important]?
And that You are concerned about him?
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“And that You examine him every morning
And try and test him every moment?
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“Will You never turn Your gaze away from me [it plagues me],
Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?
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“If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done to You,
O Watcher of mankind?
Why have You set me as a target for You,
So that I am a burden to myself?
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“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my sin and guilt?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me [diligently], but I will not be.”