18 That You should [a]visit him every morning,
And test him every moment?
19 How long?
Will You not look away from me,
And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?
20 Have I sinned?
What have I done to You, (A)O watcher of men?
Why (B)have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden [b]to myself?

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  1. Job 7:18 attend to
  2. Job 7:20 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Jewish tradition to You

18 that you examine them every morning(A)
    and test them(B) every moment?(C)
19 Will you never look away from me,(D)
    or let me alone even for an instant?(E)
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you,(F)
    you who see everything we do?
Why have you made me your target?(G)
    Have I become a burden to you?[a](H)

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  1. Job 7:20 A few manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition and Septuagint; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text I have become a burden to myself.