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My skin is covered with worms and scabs.
    It is cracked and covered with sores.

“My days pass by faster than a weaver’s shuttle,[a]
    and my life will end without hope.
God, remember, my life is like a breath.
    I will not get a second chance to enjoy it.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:6 weaver’s shuttle The tool a person who makes cloth uses to pass the thread between the other threads.

My body is clothed with worms(A) and scabs,
    my skin is broken and festering.(B)

“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,(C)
    and they come to an end without hope.(D)
Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;(E)
    my eyes will never see happiness again.(F)

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