1"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?

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Psalms 39:4, Psalms 39:4, Job 14:5, Job 14:6, Job 14:5

2As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,

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Leviticus 19:13, Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 24:15, Deuteronomy 24:15, James 5:4

3so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.

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Psalms 6:6, Psalms 6:6, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Job 29:2

4When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.

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Deuteronomy 28:67, Deuteronomy 28:67, Job 7:13, Job 7:14, Job 7:13

5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.

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Job 17:14, Isaiah 14:11, Job 17:14, Isaiah 14:11, Job 2:7

6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

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Job 9:25, Job 9:25, Job 17:15, Job 17:15, Isaiah 40:6

7Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.

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James 4:14, James 4:14, Psalms 78:39, Psalms 78:39, Jeremiah 15:15

8The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.

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Job 20:9, Job 20:9, Psalms 37:36, Psalms 37:36, Psalms 90:8

9As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.

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2 Samuel 14:14, 2 Samuel 14:14, Job 16:22, Job 30:15, Job 14:10

10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

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Job 8:18, Job 8:18, Psalms 103:16, Job 20:9, Psalms 103:16

11"Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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Psalms 40:9, Psalms 40:9, Job 10:1, 1 Samuel 1:10, Job 10:1

12Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?

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Job 7:17, Ezekiel 32:2, Ezekiel 32:3, Job 38:6, Job 38:11

13When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;'

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Psalms 6:6, Psalms 6:6, Job 7:3, Job 7:4, Psalms 77:4

14then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions:

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Genesis 40:5, Genesis 40:7, Genesis 41:8, Daniel 2:1, Genesis 40:5

15so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.

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2 Samuel 17:23, Matthew 27:5, 2 Samuel 17:23, Matthew 27:5

16I loathe my life. I do not want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

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1 Kings 19:4, Job 10:1, 1 Kings 19:4, Job 10:1, Jonah 4:8

17What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,

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Hebrews 2:6, Hebrews 2:6, Psalms 8:4, Psalms 8:4, Psalms 144:3

18that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?

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Isaiah 38:12, Isaiah 38:13, 1 Peter 1:7, Jeremiah 9:7, Isaiah 38:12

19How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?

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Job 9:18, Job 9:18, Psalms 13:1, Psalms 13:3, Job 14:6

20If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?

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Lamentations 3:12, Lamentations 3:12, Job 3:24, Job 7:11, Job 7:12

21Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."

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Daniel 12:2, Job 10:14, Daniel 12:2, Job 10:14, Isaiah 64:9