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Truly I’ve been allotted months of emptiness;
    nights of trouble have been appointed for me.

“When I lie down I ask,
    ‘When will I wake up?’
But the night continues
    and I keep tossing and turning until dawn.[a]
My skin[b] is covered with worms and clods of dirt;
    my skin becomes rough and then breaks out afresh.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:4 Or twilight
  2. Job 7:5 Or flesh