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Job Intends to Complain

11 “In addition, I won’t keep my opinion[a] to myself;
    I’ll speak from my distressed spirit;
        I’ll complain with my bitter soul.
12 Am I the sea, or a sea monster,
    that you keep watching me?
13 For I’ve said, ‘My bed will comfort me;
    my couch will ease my burdens[b] while I complain.’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:11 Lit. mouth
  2. Job 7:13 Or carry

11 “Therefore I will not keep silent;(A)
    I will speak out in the anguish(B) of my spirit,
    I will complain(C) in the bitterness of my soul.(D)
12 Am I the sea,(E) or the monster of the deep,(F)
    that you put me under guard?(G)
13 When I think my bed will comfort me
    and my couch will ease my complaint,(H)

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