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11 I said, “I will not see the Lord
    in the land of the living again.
I will not again see the people
    who live on the earth.
12 Like a shepherd’s tent,
    my home has been pulled down and taken from me.
I am finished
    like the cloth a weaver rolls up and cuts from the loom.[a]
    In one day you brought me to this end.
13 All night I cried loudly.
    Like a lion, he crushed all my bones.
    In one day you brought me to this end.

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Footnotes

  1. 38:12 loom A machine for making cloth from thread.

11 I said, “I will not again see the Lord himself(A)
    in the land of the living;(B)
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
    or be with those who now dwell in this world.
12 Like a shepherd’s tent(C) my house
    has been pulled down(D) and taken from me.
Like a weaver I have rolled(E) up my life,
    and he has cut me off from the loom;(F)
    day and night(G) you made an end of me.
13 I waited patiently(H) till dawn,
    but like a lion he broke(I) all my bones;(J)
    day and night(K) you made an end of me.

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