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My body is clothed with maggots and clods of dust;
my skin hardens, then[a] it gives way again.
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
and they come to an end without hope.[b]
Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will not return to see good.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:5 Hebrew “and”
  2. Job 7:6 Literally “with nothing hope”

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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