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Job 7
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Job 7 . 1
1 “Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?TOSKJob 7:1
Job 7 . 2
2 Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.TOSKJob 7:2
Job 7 . 3
3 So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.TOSKJob 7:3
Job 7 . 4
4 When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.TOSKJob 7:4
Job 7 . 5
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.TOSKJob 7:5
Job 7 . 6
6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.TOSKJob 7:6
Job 7 . 7
7 Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.TOSKJob 7:7
Job 7 . 8
8 The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.TOSKJob 7:8
Job 7 . 9
9 As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.TOSKJob 7:9
Job 7 . 10
10 He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.TOSKJob 7:10
Job 7 . 11
11 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.TOSKJob 7:11
Job 7 . 12
12 Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?TOSKJob 7:12
Job 7 . 13
13 When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,TOSKJob 7:13
Job 7 . 14
14 then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,TOSKJob 7:14
Job 7 . 15
15 so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.TOSKJob 7:15
Job 7 . 16
16 I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.TOSKJob 7:16
Job 7 . 17
17 What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,IPPsalms 144:3 Psalms 8:4TOSKJob 7:17TTImage of God (Priestly Vocation) Son of Man (Danielic Figure and Divine Judge)
Job 7 . 18
18 that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?TOSKJob 7:18
Job 7 . 19
19 Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?TOSKJob 7:19
Job 7 . 20
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?TOSKJob 7:20
Job 7 . 21
21 Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”TOSKJob 7:21