Job 7:8-21
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8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
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9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
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10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
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11 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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12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
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13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
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14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
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15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
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16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
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17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
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18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
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19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
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20 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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21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.