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1. "People have a hard struggle on earth. Their life is like that of a hired worker.
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1. Is there not H3808 an appointed time H6635 to man H582 upon H5921 earth H776 ? are not his days H3117 also like the days H3117 of a hireling H7916 ?
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2. They are like a slave looking for cool shade or a hired worker waiting for payday.
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2. As a servant H5650 earnestly desireth H7602 the shadow H6738 , and as a hireling H7916 looketh for H6960 the reward of his work H6467 :
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3. Month after frustrating month has gone by. I have suffered night after night.
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3. So H3651 am I made to possess H5157 months H3391 of vanity H7723 , and wearisome H5999 nights H3915 are appointed H4487 to me.
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4. When I lie down, I think, 'How long before it's time to get up?' The night drags on. I toss and turn until the sun comes up.
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4. When H518 I lie down H7901 , I say H559 , When H4970 shall I arise H6965 , and the night H6153 be gone H4059 ? and I am full H7646 of tossings to and fro H5076 unto H5704 the dawning of the day H5399 .
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5. My skin is covered with worms and scabs. It is cracked and covered with sores.
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5. My flesh H1320 is clothed H3847 with worms H7415 and clods H1487 of dust H6083 ; my skin H5785 is broken H7280 , and become loathsome H3988 .
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6. "My days pass by faster than a weaver's shuttle, and my life will end without hope.
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6. My days H3117 are swifter H7043 than H4480 a weaver's shuttle H708 , and are spent H3615 without H657 hope H8615 .
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7. God, remember, my life is like a breath. I will not get a second chance to enjoy it.
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7. O remember H2142 that H3588 my life H2416 is wind H7307 : mine eye H5869 shall no H3808 more H7725 see H7200 good H2896 .
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8. Those who see me now will never see me again. You watch me for a while, but then I am gone.
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8. The eye H5869 of him that hath seen H7210 me shall see H7789 me no H3808 more : thine eyes H5869 are upon me , and I am not H369 .
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9. Just as clouds that come and go, people are put in the grave, never to rise again.
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9. As the cloud H6051 is consumed H3615 and vanisheth away H1980 : so H3651 he that goeth down H3381 to the grave H7585 shall come up H5927 no H3808 more .
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10. They don't come back to their old homes. The people there would not know them.
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10. He shall return H7725 no H3808 more H5750 to his house H1004 , neither H3808 shall his place H4725 know H5234 him any more H5750 .
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11. "So I will not be quiet! I will let my suffering spirit speak! I will let my bitter soul complain!
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11. Therefore H1571 I H589 will not H3808 refrain H2820 my mouth H6310 ; I will speak H1696 in the anguish H6862 of my spirit H7307 ; I will complain H7878 in the bitterness H4751 of my soul H5315 .
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12. Am I one of your enemies? Is that why you put a guard over me?
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12. Am I H589 a sea H3220 , or H518 a whale H8577 , that H3588 thou settest H7760 a watch H4929 over H5921 me?
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13. My bed should bring me comfort. My couch should give me rest and relief.
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13. When H3588 I say H559 , My bed H6210 shall comfort H5162 me , my couch H4904 shall ease H5375 my complaint H7879 ;
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14. But when I lie down, you scare me with dreams; you frighten me with visions.
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14. Then thou scarest H2865 me with dreams H2472 , and terrifiest H1204 me through visions H4480 H2384 :
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15. So I would rather be choked to death than to live like this.
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15. So that my soul H5315 chooseth H977 strangling H4267 , and death H4194 rather than my life H4480 H6106 .
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16. I hate my life�I give up. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone! My life means nothing.
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16. I loathe H3988 it ; I would not H3808 live H2421 always H5769 : let me alone H2308 H4480 ; for H3588 my days H3117 are vanity H1892 .
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17. God, why are people so important to you? Why do you even notice them?
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17. What H4100 is man H582 , that H3588 thou shouldest magnify H1431 him? and that H3588 thou shouldest set H7896 thine heart H3820 upon H413 him?
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18. Why do you visit them every morning and test them at every moment?
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18. And that thou shouldest visit H6485 him every morning H1242 , and try H974 him every moment H7281 ?
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19. You never look away from me or leave me alone for a second.
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19. How long H4100 wilt thou not H3808 depart H8159 from H4480 me, nor H3808 let me alone H7503 till H5704 I swallow down H1104 my spittle H7536 ?
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20. You are always watching us! If I sinned, would that hurt you? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a problem for you?
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20. I have sinned H2398 ; what H4100 shall I do H6466 unto thee , O thou preserver H5341 of men H120 ? why H4100 hast thou set H7760 me as a mark H4645 against thee , so that I am H1861 a burden H4853 to H5921 myself?
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21. Why don't you just pardon me for doing wrong? Why don't you just forgive me for my sins? Soon I will die and be in my grave. You will search for me, but I will be gone."
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21. And why H4100 dost thou not H3808 pardon H5375 my transgression H6588 , and take away H5674 H853 mine iniquity H5771 ? for H3588 now H6258 shall I sleep H7901 in the dust H6083 ; and thou shalt seek me in the morning H7836 , but I shall not H369 be .
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