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“Now my days are swifter than a courier; they flee away, they see no good.
Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good.
“Now my days are swifter than a runner; They vanish, they see no good.
Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
My days fly by faster than a runner; they flee without seeing any good.
My days are swifter than a runner; they flee and don’t experience good.
My days pass on more swiftly than a runner; they flee without seeing anything good.
My life is speeding by, without a hope of happiness.
And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.
My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good.
“My days are passing faster than a runner. They are flying by without any joy.
The days of my life are passing very quickly, like a fast runner. None of my days makes me happy.
My days are swifter than a runner. They fly away without bringing any happiness.
“My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good.
“My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good.
“My days go by faster than a runner; they ·fly away without my seeing any joy [L are swift but not good].
My days have been more swift than a post: they have fled, and have seen no good thing.
“My days go by more quickly than a runner. They sprint away. They don’t see anything good.
My days race by, not one of them good.
My days fly by faster than a runner; they flee without seeing any good.
“My days go by faster than a runner. They fly away without my seeing even a little joy.
“My days pass faster than a runner; but they pass quickly without seeing anything good.
¶ Now my days are swifter than a post; they fled away, they never saw good.
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
“Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away; they do not see good.
“And my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they do not see good.
“My life passes swiftly away, filled with tragedy.
“My time is short—what’s left of my life races off too fast for me to even glimpse the good. My life is going fast, like a ship under full sail, like an eagle plummeting to its prey. Even if I say, ‘I’ll put all this behind me, I’ll look on the bright side and force a smile,’ All these troubles would still be like grit in my gut since it’s clear you’re not going to let up. The verdict has already been handed down—‘Guilty!’— so what’s the use of protests or appeals? Even if I scrub myself all over and wash myself with the strongest soap I can find, It wouldn’t last—you’d push me into a pigpen, or worse, so nobody could stand me for the stink.
“Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good.
“My days go by more quickly than a runner. They sprint away. They don’t see anything good.
My days are swifter than a runner, they flee away; they see no happiness;
“Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.
“Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.
“My days pass more swiftly than a runner; they fly away without any experience of happiness.
“My days go by faster than a runner; they fly away without my seeing any joy.
“My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.
“God, my days race by like a runner. They fly away without seeing any joy.
“My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.
‘My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.
“Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.
“My days go faster than a runner. They fly away, and see no good.
“My life passes more swiftly than a runner. It flees away without a glimpse of happiness.
‘My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
‘My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
“My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
“My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good.
Now my yamim are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no tovah.
“My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
“My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
“My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away without seeing goodness.
As for me, my days are sprinting by like a runner. Seeing nothing good, they seek escape.
“Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good.
My days were swifter than a courier; they fled away, and saw not good.
My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good,
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